Elizabeth Finch (Mercure de France, 2022; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Elizabeth Finch. Mercure de France, 2022. Pp. 194 [195] + [13]. 20.5 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782715258839. (French).

L’homme en rouge | The Man in the Red Coat (Mercure de France / Folio, 2020; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. L’homme en rouge | The Man in the Red Coat. Mercure de France / Folio, 2020. Pp. 292 + [12]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782072967832. (French).

L’Homme en rouge | The Man in the Red Coat (Mercure de France, 2020; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. L’Homme en rouge | The Man in the Red Coat. Mercure de France, 2020. Pp. 292 [293] + [11]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782715254022. (French).

La Seule histoire | The Only Story (Mercure de France/Folio, 2020; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. La Seule histoire | The Only Story.  Mercure de France/Folio, 2020. Pp. 328 [329] + [7]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782072873850. (French).

Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! (Éditions La Pionnière, 2020; French | Limited Edition of 15)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! Éditions La Pionnière, 2020. Pp. 26 + [6]. 25 x 14.5 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. (French).

This excerpt from Keeping an Eye Open was published as a pamphlet in a limited edition of 585 copies and an additional limited edition of XV numbered with Roman numerals.

The copy photographed above is numbered “I” and is signed on the limitation page. It is also inscribed on the title page.

Each copy has 9 inset color images throughout (one pictured above). The edition of XV was printed on larger pages that were uncut when bound. This edition is also placed in a slipcase, as pictured.

Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! (Éditions La Pionnière, 2020; French)


Note about this edition: Julian Barnes. Dans la loge, pas dans une boîte ! Éditions La Pionnière, 2020. Pp. 26 + [6]. 18.1 x 11.7 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782902233045. (French).

This excerpt from Keeping an Eye Open was published as a pamphlet in a limited edition of 585 copies. The copy photographed above is numbered “62” and is unsigned. Also included is a photo from a different copy numbered “1” and signed by Julian Barnes.

Each copy has 9 inset color images throughout (one pictured above).

Simultaneously published with another, more limited edition of XV copies signed by the author.

Julian Barnes: Romans (Quarto Gallimard, 2021; French)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Romans. Edited by Vanessa Guignery. Quarto Gallimard, 2021. Pp. 1242 + [4]. 20.5 x 14 cm.

The Quarto edition includes translations of five Julian Barnes novels, including:

Le Perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot, translated by Jean Guiloineau
England, England, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
Arthur & George, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
Une Fille, Qui Danse, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin
La Seule Histoire, translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin

Julian Barnes scholar Vanessa Guignery edited the volume, which includes an extremely detailed biographical chronology and essays titled  “Au cœur de la création: une lecture des archives de Julian Barnes” and “Julian Barnes essayiste : un observateur de son temps et d’autrefois.”

The volume also contains numerous photographs and illustrations supplied by Julian Barnes and his bibliographer.

“Words for H. H.” | Howard Hodgkin (Gagosian, 2014)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Howard Hodgkin: Words for H. H.” in Howard Hodgkin. [Paris]: Gagosian Paris, 2014. Pp. 111 + [1]. 27.1 x 31.2 cm. ISBN: 9781938748028.

The book includes contributions by Barnes, James Fenton, Susan Sontag, and Jeff Wall.

Julian Barnes’s essay appears in both French (pp. 83-89) and English (pp. [91]-96. The French translation was by Jean-Pierre Aoustin.

Barnes’s essay originally appeared in Howard Hodgkin (Gagosian Gallery, 2003).

“Homage à Hemingway” (Feuilleton, 2011)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Homage à Hemingway.” Feuilleton, no. 2, 2011. ISSN: 2118-6650. ISBN: 9782364680036.

Julian Barnes’s story appears on pp. 36-53. The story was translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin.

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)