سطوح زندگی | Levels of Life (Melikan, 2015; Persian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. سطوح زندگی | Levels of Life. Tehran: Melikan, 2015. Pp. 80. 21.2 x 14.5 cm.  Translated by Shabnam Saadat. ISBN: 9786007845059. (Persian).

Sincere thanks to Mohammad Hekmat for providing a copy of the book and information concerning its publication.

درک یک پایان | The Sense of an Ending (Farhang-i Nashr-i Naw, 2016; Persian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. درک یک پایان | The Sense of an Ending. Nashr-e No, 2016. Pp. 201 + [3]. 19.5 x 13 cm. Translated by Hassan Kamshad. ISBN: 9786007439340. (Persian).

The first edition of Julian Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending published in Iran. Despite parts of the book being censored, the novel was well-received. This specimen is the 5th printing.

Sincere thanks to Mohammad Hekmat for providing a copy of the book and information concerning its publication.

حس یک پایان | The Sense of an Ending (Zaryab, 2015; Persian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes.حس یک پایان | The Sense of an Ending. Zaryab, 2015. Pp. 192. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Mohammad Hekmat. ISBN: 9789936615021. (Persian).

Published in Afghanistan, this is the first Persian translation of Julian Barnes. It is also the only uncensored Persian version of The Sense of an Ending.

Sincere thanks to Mohammad Hekmat for providing a copy of the book and information concerning its publication. Read an interview with Mohammad Hekmat about his translation of Barnes’s The Sense of an Ending in the Los Angeles Review of Books (15 March 2017).

回憶的餘燼 Hui yi de yu jin | The Sense of an Ending (Tian Xia Wen Hua, 2012; Chinese)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 回憶的餘燼 (Hui yi de yu jin) | The Sense of an Ending. Tian Xia Wen Hua, 2012. Pp. 205 + [3]. 21 x 15 cm. (Chinese).

Paper cover with dust jacket and promotional band. Copyright page appears on page [206].

Love, etc. | Talking It Over (Éditions Denoël / Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1992; French | Book of the Month)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. | Talking It Over. Paris: Éditions Denoël / Le Grand Livre du Mois, 1992. Pp. 314 + [2]. 21.7 x 14.6 cm. Translated by Raymond Las Vergnas. ISBN: 9782286040642. (French).

French translation of Julian Barnes’s Talking It Over under the title Love, etc. This “Book of the Month” selection in bound in red. Printed in October 1992.

10½ Bölümde Dünya Tarihi | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Ayrıntı, 1999; Turkish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. 10½ Bölümde Dünya Tarihi | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Istanbul: Ayrinti Yayinlari, 1999. Pp. 312 + [8]. 19.5 x 12.9 cm. Translated by Serdar Rifat Kirkoğlu. ISBN: 975539236x. (Turkish).

Two specimens featured, one with a numeric sticker on the back cover. Otherwise, the two copies are identical.

Previously published in Turkish by AFA Yayinlari (1994).

Prerekanja | Talking It Over (Mladinska knjiga, 1997; Slovenian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Prerekanja | Talking It Over. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 1997. Pp. 232 + [4]. 20.5 x 14.8 cm. Translated by Valerija Cokan. ISBN: 8611149572. (Slovenian).

Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over (Compactos Anagrama, 2003; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over. Barcelona: Compactos Anagrama, 2003. Pp. 237 + [3]. 20.5 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. (Spanish).

This is the second printing of the Compactos Anagrama paperback edition. The first printing of the Compactos edition was in 1999, and the third printing was in 2006.

Dumáljuk meg rendesen | Talking It Over (Ulpius-ház, 2000; Hungarian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Dumáljuk meg rendesen | Talking It Over. Budapest: Ulpius-ház, 2000. Pp. 221 + [7]. 19.7 x 12.7 cm. Translated by Szentgyörgyi József. ISBN: 963860798x. (Hungarian).

מדברים על זה | Talking It Over (Zmora-Bitan, 1994; Hebrew)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. מדברים על זה (Medabrim ‘al zeh) | Talking It Over. Tel-Aviv: Zmora-Bitan, 1994. Pp. 218. 21 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Ya’ir Burla. (Hebrew).