Nothing to Be Frightened Of: A Memoir

Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes is a thought-provoking memoir that grapples with the fear of death in an elegant and deeply personal manner.

Through a series of meditations on faith, science, family, and the author's own bloodline, Barnes delves into the most basic fact of life: its inevitable extinction.

As an atheist at 20 and an agnostic at 60, Barnes explores various arguments for, against, and with God, while also reflecting on his own mortality.

The result is a deeply personal tour of the human condition that is both deadly serious and masterfully playful.

With its cunning composition and lively mind, Nothing to Be Frightened Of is a riveting display of Barnes's gift for writing and a highly personal exploration of what might follow the final diagnosis.