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Literary Life by Posy Simmonds (Jonathan Cape, 2003)

Notes on this edition: Posy Simmonds. Literary Life. London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. Pp. 96. 26 cm. ISBN: 0224072692.

Simmonds draws Julian Barnes in several of the launch party scenes. Barnes has praised Simmonds’s works several times in various publications. In 2018, he referenced this work was on his bedside table (interview with Rachel Cooke, The Guardian).

Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde Letters (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008)

Note on this edition: Ever, Dirk: The Bogarde Letters. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008. Pp. 531. 26 cm. Selected and edited by John Coldstream.

Includes a photograph of Julian Barnes with his wife Pat Kavanagh. Kavanagh was Bogarde’s literary agent. The collection includes letters to Barnes and Kavanagh.

Sketch of Julian Barnes with “Big Honker” (Pam Williams, [2001])

Notes on this work: Artist Pam Williams sketched Julian Barnes talking during a literary event. The work was then signed by Barnes with the note “Julian Barnes with a big honker”. Signed by Williams, but undated.

Purchased in October 2001 from David Rees Booksellers, London.  Drawing done on A4 paper, presumably the year of purchase.

Lines on the Underground (Cassell, 1996)

Notes on this edition: Lines on the Underground: An Anthology for Bakerloo & Jubilee Line Travellers. Compiled by Dorothy Meade & Tatiana Wolff. London: Cassell, 1996. Pp. 31 + [1]. 17.7 x 11.2 cm. ISBN: 0304348619

Barnes’s contribution appears on page 14, an excerpt from his first novel Metroland.

The Borzoi Reader (Alfred A. Knopf, Spring 2001)

Notes on this edition: The Borzoi Reader. Alfred A. Knopf, Spring 2001. Complimentary promotional item containing information and an excerpt from Julian Barnes’s novel Love, etc. published by Alfred A. Knopf. Barnes’s excerpt appears on pages 22-23. Also includes quote from Barnes’s editor at Knopf Gary Fisketjon.

Ouvrez l’oeil! | Keeping an Eye Open (Mercure de France, 2017; French)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Ouvrez l’oeil! | Keeping an Eye Open. Paris: Mercure de France, 2017. Pp. 329 + [7]. 20.5 x 13.9 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin and Jean Pavans. ISBN: 9782715245327 . (French).

Širom Otvorenih Očiju: Eseji o umetnosti | Keeping an Eye Open (Službeni glasnik, 2017; Serbian)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Širom Otvorenih Očiju: Eseji o umetnosti | Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. Beograd: Službeni glasnik, 2017. Pp. 223 + [1]. 24 x 20 cm. Translated by Nikola S. Krznarić. ISBN: 9788651900511. (Serbian).

Het enige verhaal | The Only Story (Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2018; Dutch)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Het enige verhaal | The Only Story. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Atlas Contact, 2018. Pp. 279 [280]. 21.4 x 14 cm. Translated by Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789025452087. (Dutch).

Prima di me | Before She Met Me (Einaudi, 2017; Italian)

Notes on this edition: Prima di me | Before She Met Me. Torino: Einaudi, 2017. Pp. 191 + [3]. 22.2 x 14.0 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. ISBN: 9788806221768. (Italian).

Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/

Der Lärm der Zeit | The Noise of Time (Büchergilde Gutenberg, [2017]; German)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Der Lärm der Zeit | The Noise of Time. Frankfurt am Main Zürich Wien: Büchergilde Gutenberg, [2017]. Pp. 244 [245] + [11]. 19.5 x 12 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783763269716. (German).

The text ends on the unnumbered page [245], which is followed by 11 blank pages.