Metroland (novel)
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| Metroland | |
 Picador edition (1990) |
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| Author | Julian Barnes |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Bildungsroman novel |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
| Publication date | 1980 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 176 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0224017624 |
Metroland is an English novel written by Julian Barnes and published in 1980. It is a first person account of Christopher Lloyd and his experiences growing up in the suburbs of London (so-called Metroland), his brief life in Paris as a graduate student and the early years of his subsequent marriage. As adolescents Christopher and his childhood friend Toni had shown contempt for the bourgeois establishment but this lifestyle is one that Christopher ultimately chooses, much to Toni's disappointment, obtaining a secure job in publishing, marrying, buying a house and having a child. Christopher's realizes that his normal life and somewhat mundane marriage are not perfect, nor are they necessarily more exciting than his time in Paris with his bold French girlfriend Annick, but he does love his wife and is content.
Metroland was made into a film starring Christian Bale.
