Duffy sau os de ros | Going to the Dogs (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau os de ros | Going to the Dogs. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 235 [236] + [4]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697645. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Cu stângu-n dreptu’ | Putting the Boot In (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Cu stângu-n dreptu’ | Putting the Boot In. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 196 [197] + [3]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697572. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Praf în ochi | Fiddle City (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Praf în ochi | Fiddle City. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 205 [206] + [2]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697351. (Romanian).

Duffy sau Cum se taie caşcavalul | Duffy (Nemira, 2005; Romanian)


Notes on this edition: Duffy sau Cum se taie caşcavalul | Duffy. Bucharest: Nemira, 2005. Pp. 188 [189] + [3]. 17.7 x 10.4 cm. Translated by Gabriel Stoian. ISBN: 9735697319. (Romanian).

Quand tout est déjà arrivé | Levels of Life (Le Grand Livre du Mois, 2014; French)


Notes on this edition: Quand tout est déjà arrivé | Levels of Life. [Paris]: Le Grand Livre du Mois, 2014. Pp. 128 +[8]. 20.5 x 13.7 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782286112240. (French).

This French book club edition is published in stiff paper covers.

A História do Mundo em 10 Capítulos e ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Quetzal Editores, 1990; Portuguese)


Notes on this edition: A História do Mundo em 10 Capítulos e ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Lisboa: Quetzal Editores, 1990. Pp. 349 + [3]. 23 x 12.7 cm. Translated by José Vieira de Lima. (Portuguese).

Bibliothèque idéale du naufragé (Flammarion, 2015)


Notes on this edition: Bibliothèque idéale du naufragé. Edited by François Armanet. [Paris]: Flammarion, 2015.

François Armanet asked 200 writers of all nationalities to name three books they would take on a desert island. Illustrations by Stéphane Trapier.

Julian Barnes’s contribution appears on pp. 34-35. He selects Flaubert’s Correspondence, Byron’s journals, and The Joy of Cooking.

Nivoi života | Levels of Life (Geopoetika, 2013; Serbian)


Notes on this edition: Nivoi života | Levels of Life. Belgrade: Geopoetika, 2013. Pp. 110 + [2]. 20 cm. Translated by Bojana Vujin. ISBN: 9788661451379. (Serbian).

Livelli di vita | Levels of Life (Einaudi, 2013; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Livelli di vita | Levels of Life. Torino: Einaudi, 2013. Pp. 118 + [6]. 22.1 x 14.2 cm. Translated by Susanna Basso. ISBN: 9788806217501. (Italian).

Visit Einaudi’s author page for Julian Barnes here: https://www.einaudi.it/autori/julian-barnes/

Literary Lunch (Vintage, 2015)


Notes on this edition: Literary Lunch. London: Vintage, 2015. Pp. 84 + [4]. 22 cm. ISBN: 9781784702083.

Introduction by Jay Rayner.

Julian Barnes’s contribution is a recipe for “Lamb Stew” that is related to his short story “Homage to Hemingway”. The excerpt and recipe appear on pp. [30]-32 of this collection.

Other contributors include Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Simon Schama, Haruki Murakami, Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, Anne Tyler, Tim Parks, Neel Mukherjee, Irvine Welsh, Mark Haddon, William Boyd, Helen Fielding, Jeanette Winterson, Deborah Moggach, and Louis de Bernieres