Talking It Over

Talking It Over is a novel by Julian Barnes published in 1991, it won the Prix Femina Étranger the following year.

Talking It Over
First edition (UK)
AuthorJulian Barnes
Cover artistFraser Taylor[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJonathan Cape (UK)
Alfred A. Knopf (US)
Publication date
1991
Media typePrint, Audio & eBook
Pages278
ISBN0-224-03157-0
Followed byLove, etc 

It concerns a love triangle in which each of the three people concerned (and occasionally others) take it in turns to tell the story from their perspective using first person narrative. Stuart and Oliver have been best friends since school but are opposite in character, Stuart is insecure and slightly nerdy, Oliver is a flamboyant loser prone to elaborate witticisms. But it is Stuart who gets the girl, Gillian. At their wedding though, best man Oliver falls in love with her and plots to win the end-game.

The story is continued in the novel Love, etc set 10 years later.

Film Adaptation

In 1996 Talking it Over was adapted into a French film also called Love Etc. starring Yvan Attal, Charles Berling and Charlotte Gainsbourg.[2]

References

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