Notes on this edition: Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Paris: Stock, 1990. Pp. 411 + [9]. 22.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 2234022509. (French).
Flaubertin papukaija | Flaubert’s Parrot (WSOY, 1987; Finnish)
Notes on this edition: Flaubertin papukaija | Flaubert’s Parrot. Porvoo: WSOY, 1987. Pp. 277 [278] + [2]. 20.2 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Kristiina Drews. ISBN: 951014658x. (Finnish).
Шум часу | The Noise of Time (Темпора, 2016; Ukranian)
Notes on this edition: Шум часу | The Noise of Time. Kyiv: Темпора, 2016. Pp. 239 [240] + [2]. 20.5 x 13.2 cm. Translated by Віра Кузнецова [Vera Kuznetsova]. ISBN: 9786175692707. (Ukranian).
Der Lärm der Zeit | The Noise of Time (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2017; German)
Notes on this edition: Der Lärm der Zeit | The Noise of Time. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2017. Pp. 244 [245] + [11]. 19.3 x 12.1 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783462048889. (German).
The copy presented below is an advance copy with the following printed to the title page: “Unverkäufliches, unkorrigiertes Abeitsexemplar Sperrfrist: Bitted nicht vor dem 16.02.2017 besprechen.” The collation differs from the first German edition, excluding the advertisements at the end of the novel: Pp. 244 [245] + [1].
Quand tout est déjà arrivé | Levels of Life (Mercure de France/Folio, 2015; French)
Notes on this edition: Quand tout est déjà arrivé | Levels of Life. Paris: Mercure de France/Folio, 2015. Pp. 148 + [12]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782070462339. (French).
Folio (n° 5866)
Par la fenêtre | Through the Window (Mercure de France/Folio, 2016; French)
Notes on this edition: Par la fenêtre: dix-huit chroniques (et une nouvelle) | Through the Window. Paris: Mercure de France/Folio, 2016. Pp. 384 + [16]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782070468829. (French).
Unbefugtes Betreten | Pulse (btb, 2014; German)
Notes on this edition: Unbefugtes Betreten | Pulse. Munich: btb, 2014. Pp. 291 [292] + [12]. 18.7 x 11.7 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger and Thomas Bodmer. ISBN: 9783442747221. (German).
The Bedside Guardian, 2016 (Guardian Books, 2016)
Notes on this edition: The Bedside Guardian, 2016. Edited by Claire Armitstead. London: Guardian Books, 2016. Pp. 302. 20.3 x 13.3 cm. ISBN: 9781783561247.
Julian Barnes’s essay “So we’re all Foxes now? I’ve been one for 65 years” about the Leicester City Football Club was published on pp. 177-181. Barnes’s essay was originally published in The Guardian on 6 May 2016.
Kochen und kochen lassen (Atlantik, 2016; German)
Notes on this edition: Kochen und kochen lassen. Text selection by Daniel Kampa. Hamburg: Atlantik, 2016. Pp. 218 [219] + [1]. 24.5 x 18.5 cm. ISBN: 9783455370379. (German).
Julian Barnes contributes “Vorsicht: Pedant am Werk” (pp. 37-42). Other authors collected include Ian McEwan, Douglas Adams, David Sedaris, George Orwell, Alphonse Daudet, and numerous others.
Illustrations by Nikolaus Heidelbach.
Istorija sveta u 10½ poglavlja | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Centar za Geopoetiku, 1994; Serbo-Croatian)
Notes on this edition: Istorija sveta u 10½ poglavlja | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Belgrade: Centar za Geopoetiku, 1994. Pp. 304 + [6]. 21 cm. Translated by Ivana Đordjević and Srđan Vujica. (Serbian).
This example is from Julian Barnes’s personal collection and features a handmade cover mailed to the author prior to publication. A letter from the publisher was placed inside the book that reads, in part:
“I enclose the Serbo-Croatian version of A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. […] [T]he book cover was put together by hand because the final print wasn’t ready by my departure date. […] At least it gives you an idea of what will be appearing in Yugoslav bookstores.” [Signed Christina Pribichevich-Zoric]
This book was republished by Centar za Geopoetiku in 1996.