It would seem that what could be more banal than a love triangle? Is it really possible to come up with new ways to talk about this? Yes, you can, if Julian Barnes gets down to business. Oliver, Stuart and Jill tell the story that happened to them as each of them saw it. And the reader gets a strong feeling that this story is being told to him personally and he has known the characters for so long and closely that they are ready to open their souls to him and be extremely frank. Each of the three is sure that he knows how everything happened. And Barnes once again convinces us that everyone has their own truth, their own relationship with time, space and reality.