Metroland is an English novel written by Julian Barnes and published in 1980, the author's first book. Metroland is a first person account of Christopher Lloyd and his experiences growing up in the so-called Metro-land (a name given to the suburbs to the north-west of London that were served by the Metropolitan Railway), his brief life in Paris as a graduate student and the early years of his subsequent marriage. It is divided into three sections: I Metroland (1963); II Paris (1968); and III Metroland (1977).
Adaptations (1)
Metroland was adapted into a 1997 film.
Metroland1997 · film · 101 min · dir. Philip Saville · IMDb ↗In late-1970s suburban London, Chris and Marion have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni, a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.
