Julian Barnes Bibliography

همهمه‌ی زمان | The Noise of Time (Nafir, 2016; Persian)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. همهمه‌ی زمان | The Noise of Time. Nafir, 2016. Translated by Marjan Mohammadi. Pp. 249 + [2]. 21.1 x 14.7 cm. ISBN: 9786009641635. (Persian).

This Persian translation was the first undertaken for Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time, but it was not the first to reach the market. Publication was late because of delays in the Ministry of Culture in Iran.

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

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.

Love, etc. | Uncorrected Proof (Alfred A. Knopf, 2001)

Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Pp. 224 + [8]. 21.2 x 13.9 cm.

Advance Reader’s Proof in cream wraps with black and red lettering, as in the first American edition. Upper panel includes the statement, ‘ADVANCE READER’S EDITION’. Publication information on lower panel. Title listed as, ‘Love, etc.’ [full stop].

This proof was printed for wider distribution than Knopf’s in-house, red proof.