没什么好怕的 | Nothing to Be Frightened Of (Yilin, 2019; Chinese)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes | 朱利安·巴恩斯. 没什么好怕的 | Nothing to Be Frightened Of. Yilin, 2019. Pp. 298 + [2]. 20.8 x 14.5 cm. Translated by 郭国良 (Guo Guoliang). ISBN: 9787544776387. (Simplified Chinese).

Elizabeth Finch (Jonathan Cape, 2022)


Notes on this edition: First English edition – London: Jonathan Cape, 2022. $16.99.

Descriptive Bibliography:  

Title Page: ELIZABETH FINCH | JULIAN BARNES | [Jonathan Cape device] | JONATHAN CAPE | LONDON

Copyright Page: 1 3 5 7 9 20 8 6 4 2 | Jonathan Cape is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies | whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com. | [Penguin Random House UK device] | Copyright © Julian Barnes 2022 | Julian Barnes has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this Work in | accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 | First published by Jonathan Cape in 2022 | penguin.co.uk/vintage | A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library | ISBN 9781787333932 | Typeset 12.30/15 pt Bembo by Jouve UK, Milton Keyes | Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, Elcograf S.p.A. | The publishers have made every effort to trace copyright holders, | and will be pleased to correct any omission in future editions | The authorised representative in the EEA is Penguin Random House Ireland, | Morrison Chambers, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin DO2 VH68 | Penguin Random House is committed to a sustainable future | for our business, our readers and our planet. This book is made | from Forest Stewardship Council® certified paper. | [Forest Stewardship Council® device]

Collation: 21.5 x 13.5 cm. Pp. [i-vi] [1-2] 3-69 [70-72] 73-121 [122-124] 125-178 [179-186]. [i]: ‘ELIZABETH FINCH’. [ii]: ‘Also by Julian Barnes | FICTION | Metroland | Before She Met Me | Flaubert’s Parrot | Staring at the Sun | A History  of the World in 10½ Chapters | Talking it Over | The Porcupine | Cross Channel | England, England | Love, etc | The Lemon Table | Arthur & George | Pulse | The Sense of an Ending | The Noise of Time | The Only Story | NON-FICTION | Letters from London 1990–1995 | Something to Declare | The Pedant in the Kitchen | Nothing to Be Frightened Of | Through the Window | Levels of Life | Keeping an Eye Open | The Man in the Red Coat | TRANSLATION | In the Land of Pain | by Alphonse Daudet’. [iii]: title page. [iv]: copyright page. [v]: ‘to Rachel’. [vi]: blank. 1: ‘ONE’. 2: blank. 3-69: text. [70]: blank. [71]: ‘TWO’. [72]: blank. 73-121: text. [122]: blank. [123]: ‘THREE’. [124]: blank. 125-[179]: text. [180]: blank. [181]: text [‘ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS’]. [182-186]: blank.

General description: Binding 22.3 x 14.3 cm. Black and white pictorial boards featuring The Eye of Love © René Groebli. White lettering used for ‘JULIAN BARNES’ and black lettering for ‘ELIZABETH FINCH’ and the Jonathan Cape device to the spine. The dust jacket was issued in two colors — one yellow and one blue. The dust jackets feature cutaway circles and half circles to the front that reveal portions of the pictorial cover. Cover design by Suzanne Dean. Back flap of the dust jacket features an author photograph by Marzena Pogorzaly. The headband is also black and white.

Jediný příběh | The Only Story (Odeon, 2019; Czech)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Jediný příběh | The Only Story. Prague: Odeon, 2019. Pp. 263 + [9]. 20.6 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Petr Fantys. ISBN: 9788020718952. (Czech).

生命的层级 | Levels of Life (Yilin, 2019; Chinese)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes | 朱利安·巴恩斯. 生命的层级 | Levels of Life. Yilin, 2019. Pp. 123 + [1]. 21 x 14.5 cm. Translated by 郭国良 (Guo Guoliang). ISBN: 9787544777971. (Simplified Chinese).

Maigret by Georges Simenon (The Folio Society, 2018; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: Georges Simenon. Maigret. London: The Folio Society, 2018.

Julian Barnes introduces this 3-volume Folio Society set. His introduction appears on pages vii-xv in the volume titled Maigret and the Calame Report. Pp. 160. 22.3 x 14.4 cm. Translated by Moura Budberg. Wood engravings by Harry Brockway.

The set includes three novels:

Maigret and the Calame Report
Maigret and the Wine Merchant
Maigret and the Saturday Caller

London Review of Books: An Incomplete History (Faber & Faber, 2019)


Notes on this edition: London Review of Books: An Incomplete History. London: Faber & Faber, 2019. Pp. 243 + [1]. 30.5 x 24 cm. ISBN: 9780571358045.

Julian Barnes contributes to this history of the London Review of Books on pp. 64-65.

Aja müra | The Noise of Time (Varrak, 2019; Estonian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Aja müra | The Noise of Time.  Varrak, 2019. Pp. 175 [176]. 20.7 x 15 cm. Translated by Aet Varik. ISBN: 9789985345757. (Estonian).

ЛЮБОВЬ И ТАК ДАЛЕЕ | Love, etc (Иностранка “Inostranka”, 2019; Russian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. ЛЮБОВЬ И ТАК ДАЛЕЕ | Love, etc. Moscow: Иностранка [Inostranka], 2019. Pp. 347 [348] + [4]. 20.7 x 11.3 cm. ISBN: 9785389167025. (Russian).

Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Kunst Sehen | Keeping an Eye Open. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2019. Pp. 352. 20.9 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger and Thomas Bodmer. ISBN: 9783462049176. (German).

Frankreichfahrt by Edith Wharton (Schöffling & Co, 1997; German; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: Edith Wharton. Frankreichfahrt: Von Boulogne nach Toulon | A Motor-Flight through France. Frankfurt: Schöffling & Co, 1997. Pp. 179 + [1]. 19.5 x 11.3 cm. Translated by Karl A. Klewer. ISBN: 3895615587. (German).

Julian Barnes’s introduction essay appears on pp. 7-23. Barnes’s introduction originally appeared in the English edition of Wharton’s book (Picador, 1995).