The Sense of an Ending

Oh, what a powerful story.

I want to tell you enough about it to encourage you to read it, but not so much that I spoil what happens.

The Sense of an Ending is the story of a man toward the end of his life who tries to come to terms with the actions of his youth.

It's a novella, only about a hundred and fifty pages—a story that you can read in an afternoon. I promise you that I read it in an afternoon, but I was still thinking about it many hours later.

It, coincidentally, was the perfect book to read right after The Death of Ivan Ilych.