First love has lifelong consequences, but paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen Poignant, vivid and profound, the only story is a searing novel of memory, devotion, and how first love fixes a life forever. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention
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As he grows older, the demands placed on paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.
Poignant, vivid and profound, the only story is a searing novel of memory, devotion, and how first love fixes a life forever
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more In the only story (2018), barnes explores memory and first love as a man looks back on his relationship with an older woman In 2022 he published elizabeth finch, which centers on a man whose intellectual crush on one of his teachers has a lasting impact on his life.
