Exodus(es)

For the first time in Russian — the latest novel by the modern English classic, Booker Prize winner, «the most elegant stylist and the most unpredictable master of all conceivable literary forms» (The Scotsman). «Exodus(es)» will be published simultaneously in many countries around the world in January 2026 — to mark the 80th anniversary of «the best and most refined of our literary heavyweights» (The Independent). «This book will be my last,— writes Barnes. — A true story will be told next, although with some caveats.» This is fiction — but not a fabrication. It is the story of a man named Stephen and a woman named Jean, who fall in love in their youth, and then again in maturity. It is the story of a Jack Russell Terrier named Jimmy, who «doesn't know whether he's a young dog or an old one», and generally «doesn't realize he's a dog». It is the story of our relationship with memory itself and in both a spontaneous-domestic and a cascading-Proustian sense; is there anything in human personality beyond the accumulated memories we have?..
«The heart of Barnes' novels often consists of memories of past events, of long-standing relationships — and no one else can convey the fragility of our memory so subtly, even when it comes to the most important events of our lives and the people closest to us» (NewsChain).