{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/429005d3-6272-4999-92db-be6382d31156/b02f91e9-be75-4b3b-8a94-8fec1d13fc68?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Julian Barnes reads from The Only Story","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613689c9b4ac8f0e42668b2c/61368a1a1c45b90019921f9e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>'Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.'</p><p>Author&nbsp;<a href=\"https://allen-prod.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/content/prh-consumer/penguin/en_gb/home/authors.contactName_julian-barnes.contactId_1007257.html\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Barnes</a>&nbsp;reads from his forthcoming new novel...</p><p><br></p><p>Don't forget, leave us a review on iTunes to be in with a chance of winning a copy of the book!</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooks</p><p>Sign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes: po.st/vintagenewsletter</p><p><br></p><p>Julian Barnes - The Only Story </p><p><strong>**</strong>THE&nbsp;<strong>SUNDAY TIMES&nbsp;</strong>BESTSELLER<strong>**</strong></p><p>Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.</p><p>First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.</p><p>As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.</p><p>Tender and wise,&nbsp;The Only Story&nbsp;is a deeply moving novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart.</p><p><br></p><p>Find out more about the book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1115400/the-only-story/</p>","author_name":"Vintage Books"}