Una Historia del Mundo en Diez Capítulos y Medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Círculo de Lectores, 1991; Spanish Book Club)


Notes on this edition: Una Historia del Mundo en Diez Capítulos y Medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores, 1991. Pp. 357 + [3]. 21.2 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. ISBN: 8422636808. (Spanish Book Club).

Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over (Editorial Anagrama, 1993; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1993. Pp. 237 + [3]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. ISBN: 8433911864. (Spanish).


Later printings also published. The copy below states it is the fourth edition “Cuarta edición” published in February 1996. The three previous editions were published in 1993.

Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Anagrama, 1990; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 1990. Pp. 359 + [9]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. ISBN: 8433911279.

Promotional band pictured from the specimen copy in Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over (Compactos Anagrama, 2003; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Hablando del asunto | Talking It Over. Barcelona: Compactos Anagrama, 2003. Pp. 237 + [3]. 20.5 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Maribel de Juan. (Spanish).

This is the second printing of the Compactos Anagrama paperback edition. The first printing of the Compactos edition was in 1999, and the third printing was in 2006.

Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Compactos Anagrama, 2000; Spanish)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Una historia del mundo en diez capítulos y medio | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2000. Pp. 359 + [9]. 20.5 x 13.4 cm. ISBN: 8433914286. Translated by Maribel de Juan. (Spanish).

Copyright page states this particular specimen is the “Cuarta edición” of the Compactos edition, published in November 2000. The spine lists the books as number “98” in the series.


The edition below is the 8th edition printed in May 2018. In addition to a slight difference in the cover hue, the pages differ slightly from the edition above. Pp. 359 + [5].


The edition below is the 9th edition printed in July 2022. It’s layout and pagination is the same as the 8th edition (above). Pp. 359 + [5].