In the Land of Pain (Jonathan Cape, 2002)


Notes on this edition: First English edition – London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. £10.00. 

(Translation of La Doulou by Alphonse Daudet).

Descriptive Bibliography:

 Title Page: ALPHONSE DAUDET | In the Land of Pain | EDITED AND TRANSLATED | BY | JULIAN BARNES | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON

Copyright Page: Published by Jonathan Cape 2002 | 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 | Translation, introduction and notes copyright © Julian Barnes 2002 | Julian Barnes has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs | and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the translator and editor | of this work | This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, | by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, | or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior | consent in any form of binding or cover other than that | in which it is published and without a similar condition | including this condition being imposed on the | subsequent purchaser | First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Jonathan Cape | Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA | The Random House Group Limited Reg. No. 954009 | www.randomhouse. co.uk | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library | ISBN 0-224-06267-0 | Typeset by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Polmont, Stirlingshire | Printed and bound in Great Britain by | Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King’s Lynn

Collation: 18.4 x 12.9 cm. Pp. [i-iv] v-xv [xvi] [1-2] 3-49 [50-52] 53-87 [88-96]. [i]: ‘In the Land of Pain’. [ii]: ‘[photo] | Daudet and his wife Julia at Champrosay, c. 1892.’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v-xv]: introduction. [xvi]: blank. [1]: ‘I’. [2]: blank. 3-49: text. [50]: blank. [51]: ‘II’. [52]: blank. 53-87: text. [88-96]: blank.

General description: Binding 19.1 x 13.5 cm. Black boards, gold blocked on spine. Burgundy endpapers. Colored dust jacket lettered in cream, purple, dark red, black and white. Features an image of a wasp on a medicinal bottle to both upper and lower panels. Afterword titled ‘A Note on Syphilis’ by Julian Barnes, pp. 82-87.

L’unica storia | The Only Story (Mondolibri, 2019; Italian Book Club)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. L’unica storia | The Only Story. Milan: Mondolibri, 2019. Pp. 237 + [7]. 20.9 x 13.7 cm. Translated by Susanna Basso.  (Italian Book Club).

This Italian book club edition has no price listed on the dust jacket.

Guardando il sole | Staring at the Sun (Einaudi, 2019; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Guardando il sole | Staring at the Sun. Einaudi, 2019. Pp. 232 + [4]. 22.3 x 14.3 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. ISBN: 9788806221799. (Italian).

Než potkala mě | Before She Met Me (Odeon, 2018; Czech Book Club)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Než potkala mě | Before She Met Me. Prague: Odeon, 2018. Pp. 213 + [11]. 20.6 x 13.1 cm. Translated by Jiří Hanuš. ISBN: 9788020718327. (Czech).

Book Club edition.

Il Pedante in Cucina | The Pedant in the Kitchen (Einaudi, 2020; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Il Pedante in Cucina | The Pedant in the Kitchen. Einaudi, 2020. Pp. 116 + [8]. 18.5 x 12.2 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. ISBN: 9788806244057. (Italian).

Con un occhio aperto | Keeping an Eye Open (Einaudi, 2019; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Con un occhio aperto | Keeping an Eye Open.  Einaudi, 2019. Pp. 286 + [4]. 22.3 x 17.8 cm. Translated by Daniela Fargione. ISBN: 9788806230982. (Italian).

Schwarzrock by Brian Moore (Diogenes, 2020; German)


Notes on this edition: “Brian Moore. Schwarzrock by Brian Moore. Diogenes, 2020. Pp. 285 + [1]. 18.8 x. 12.2 cm. Translated by Otto Bayer. ISBN: 9783257071450. (German).

“Nachwort” by Julian Barnes appears on pp. 279 + [286].

终结的感觉 | The Sense of an Ending (Yilin, 2021; Simplified Chinese)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes | 朱利安·巴恩斯. 终结的感觉 | The Sense of an Ending. 译林出版社 | Yilin Press, 2021. Pp. 149 + [5]. 21 x 14.7 cm. Translated by 郭国良 | Guo Guoliang. ISBN: 9787544786386. (Simplified Chinese).

Verzamelde verhalen | Collected Stories (Atlas Contact, 2021; Dutch)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Verzamelde verhalen | Collected Stories. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Atlas Contact, 2021. Pp. 668 + [4]. 21.6 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Else Hoog, Jelle Noorman, and Ronald Vlek. ISBN: 9789025471415. (Dutch).

This collection of short stories is dedicated to Barnes’s former Dutch publisher. The collection gathers all of Barnes’s short stories from Cross Channel [except “Brambilla”], The Lemon Table, and Pulse, as well as his story “Homage to Hemingway”.

El hombre de la bata roja | The Man in the Red Coat (Editorial Anagrama, 2021; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. El hombre de la bata roja | The Man in the Red Coat. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2021. Pp. 302 + [2]. 22.7 x 14.8 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 9788433973740. (Spanish).