Staring At The Sun, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Cape, 1986, First Edition, First Impression The fourth novel written by the author, this tells the story of a woman's life from her carefree country days before the war through to her old age and deals with issues of love, truth and mortality but particularly heroism in wartime and ordinary life, covering her bruising experience of marriage, her mistrust of male truths and her unsatiated pursuit of answers to questions about life. This is a First Edition First Impression in near fine condition and not commonly seen particularly in such good condition. The binding is straight and tight, the boards are bright without issue. The end papers and pages are clean with no marks, tears or inscriptions. The unclipped dust jacket is in near fine condition with a faint crease mark to the top edge of the front cover. Will be dispatched wrapped in bubblewrap and in a cardboard box