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Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Gnossienne.” Das Herbstlesebuch. Edited by Patrick Niemeyer. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1999. Pp. 397 + [3]. 18 x 11.5 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3453152433 (German).
Julian Barnes’s short story “Gnossienne” appears on pages 138-[151].
Notes on this item: England, England Promotional Puzzle. Jonathan Cape, 1998.
Jonathan Cape created this puzzle to promote Julian Barnes’s novel England, England. The four puzzle pieces feature dust jacket art on one side and promotional text on the reverse. The number of puzzles produced is currently unknown.
Barnes mailed the puzzle to Rolland Comstock, a well-known book collector who specialized in contemporary British authors, including Barnes, Martin Amis, Jim Crace, and others. Comstock was known to travel great distances to attend author readings and would regularly arrive with a suitcase full of books to be signed. The note enclosed with the promotional puzzle is dated 19 July 1999, and states:
Dear Rolland,
I remember promising you this a couple of months ago. Hope you can solve it! Nice seeing you in D.C.
Best wishes,
Julian
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. El loro de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Barcelona: Biblioteca Anagrama, 2019. Pp. 228 + [4]. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Antonio Mauri. ISBN: 9788433902245. (Spanish).
Issues as part of the “Compactos 50” series in April 2019.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Fiddle City. Penguin Books, 1988. Pp. 173 + [3]. 18 x 11 cm. ISBN: 0140096426 / 9780140096422.
Note on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. “Der 50-Pence-Nikolaus.” Haffmans Krimi Jahresband 1996. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1996. Pp. 508 [509] + [3]. 18 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3453093941. (German).
The Dan Kavanagh story appears on pages 88-95.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Grief” in Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction. Edited by Judith Kitchen and Dinah Lenney. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016. Pp. 350 + [2]. 21 x 14 cm. ISBN: 9780393350999.
Julian Barnes’s contribution appears on page 307.
Notes on this item: This poster promotes the 24th METU British Novelists International Conference held in Ankara, Turkey on 13-14 December 2018. The keynote speaker was Julian Barnes scholar Vanessa Guignery. The poster measures approximately 22″ x 31″.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. ინგლისი, ინგლისი | England, England. Tbilisi: Diogene, 2015. Pp. 350 + [2]. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Translated by ზაზა ჭილაძემ (Zaza Chiladze) and გია ჭუმბურიძემ (Gia Chumburidze). ISBN: 9789941114991. (Georgian).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. დასასრულის განცდა | The Sense of an Ending. Tbilisi: Diogene, 2018. Pp. 173 + [3]. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Translated by ზაზა ჭილაძემ (Zaza Chiladze). ISBN: 9789941114564. (Georgian).
This, the second printing of this Georgian edition, features deep red spine and back cover. The first printing featured black spine and cover.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Schieber City | Fiddle City. Münich: Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 1995. Pp. 213 [214] + [2]. 17.9 x 11.3 cm. ISBN: 3453089456. Translated by Michel Bodmer. (German).