Ligesom Livet by Lorrie Moore (Tiderne Skifter, 2016; Danish; Foreword)


Notes on this edition: Lorrie Moore. Ligesom Livet | Like Life. Tiderne Skifter, 2016. Pp. 269 + [3]. 23 x 15.8 cm. Translated by Claus Bech and Pia Juul. ISBN: . (Danish).

Foreword by Julian Barnes appears on Pp. 7-10. The piece was written specifically for this translated volume.

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].

“Nawoord” | Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (Uitgeverij Orlando, 2021; Dutch)


Notes on this edition: Anita Brookner. Hotel du Lac. Uitgeverij Orlando, 2021. 215 + [1]. 20.7 x 13.1 cm. Translated by Eva Wolff. ISBN: 9789083104348. (Dutch).

Julian Barnes provides the “Nawoord” [“Epilogue”] on pp. 207-[216]. The piece was originally published in The Guardian on 18 March 2016, as “Julian Barnes Remembers His Friend Anita Brookner.”

“Courbet: non è così, è cosà” in Courbet e la Natura (Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Courbet: non è così, è cosà.” Courbet e la Natura. Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018. Pp. 262 + [2]. 28 x 23 cm. (Italian).

Julian Barnes’s essay on Courbet appears on pp. 23-29. The essay first appeared in the Italian translation of Keeping an Eye Open (Einaudi).

Metroland (Atlas Contact, 2020; Dutch)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. Atlas Contact, 2020. Pp. 232 [233] + [7]. 21 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Else Hoog. ISBN: 9789025461836. (Dutch).

Includes a foreword by Julian Barnes.

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

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).

Innocence by Penelope Fitzgerald (Mariner Books, 2014; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: 

Penelope Fitzgerald. Innocence. Boston: Mariner Books, 2014. Pp. 340 + [14]. 20.1 x 13.3 cm. ISBN: 9780544359468.

Copyright page states: “Second Mariner Books edition 2014.”

Preface by Hermione Lee. Julian Barnes’s introduction is published on pages vii-xv.

Journal 1887-1910 by Jules Renard (riverrun, 2020)


Notes on this edition: Renard, Jules. Journal 1887-1910. New York: riverrun, 2020. Pp. 381 + [1]. 22.3 x 14.3 cm. Translated from the French by Theo Cuffe.

This edition of Jules Renard’s Journal is selected and introduced by Julian Barnes.

Journal 1887-1910 by Jules Renard (Picador, 2022)


Notes on this edition: This edition of Jules Renard’s Journal is selected and introduced by Julian Barnes. The Picador edition is the first American edition.

Renard, Jules. Journal 1887-1910. New York: Picador, 2022. Pp. 381 + [1]. 19 x 12.7 cm. Translated from the French by Theo Cuffe.