History of the World in 10½ Chapters is a semi-fictional literary work by Julian Barnes. The book is sometimes categorised as a novel, a collection of short stories or even a set of essays — the ambiguity arising from the unique renditioning styles employed by Barnes at various places in the work.
Julian Barnes的書。因為Arthur & George所以我注意到拔恩斯，麥田以前出過他赫赫有名的作品《福樓拜的鸚鵡》，但是我買了以後居然不想看。跟那本書八字不合。可是這一本A History of the World in 10½ Chapters ，不知道怎麼搞的，我只是在書店裡隨手翻翻第一章，居然就黏住了，那第一章笑死我了。有簡體中文版，不知道翻譯得怎麼樣？（譯林出版社出的，中文書名為《10 1/2卷人的歷史》。）
