Metroland (Vintage International, 1992)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 176. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736085.

The printing below shows the 3rd printing of the Vintage International edition.

Before She Met Me (Vintage International, 1992)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Before She Met Me. New York: Vintage International, 1992. Pp. 183 + [3]. 20.3 x 13 cm. ISBN: 0679736093.

The printing below is for a 3rd printing of the Vintage International paperback edition.

Cross Channel (Vintage International, 1997)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. New York: Vintage International, 1997. Pp. 211 + [1]. 20.3 x 13.1 cm. ISBN: 067976755X.

First U.S. paperback edition of Julian Barnes’s first collection of short stories.

Love, etc (Vintage Books, 2009; Rejacketed 2013)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Love, etc. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 249 + [1]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099540168.

The copyright page states the book is a 7th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.

The cover design lines up with the cover art for Talking It Over.

Talking It Over (Vintage Books, 2009; Rejacketed 2013)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Talking It Over. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 273 + [7]. 19.7 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9780099540137.

The copyright page states the book is a 9th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.

The cover design lines up with the cover art for Love, etc.

Cross Channel (Vintage Books, 2009; Rejacketed 2013)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Cross Channel. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 211 + [5]. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099540151.

The copyright page states the book is a 5th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.

Metroland (Vintage Books, 2009; Rejacketed 2013)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Metroland. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Pp. 176. 19.6 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780099540069.

The copyright page states the book is a 6th printing from 2009, but Vintage reissued this redesigned (or “rejacketed”) cover for publication in 2013.

Staring at the Sun (Perennial, 1988)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Staring at the Sun. New York: Perennial Library, 1988. Pp. 197 + [5]. 20.2 x 13.5 cm. ISBN: 0060971487.

First U.S. paperback edition. Cover illustration by Karen Katz.

Der Rabe No. 47 (Haffmans, 1996; German)


Notes on this edition: 

Julian Barnes. “Verbindungswewe,” “Dirty Story: Die Entstehung der Madame Bovary” & “Allseits akzeptierte Ansichten.” Der Rabe: Magazin fur jede , No. 47, Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1996. Pp. 253 + [3]. 17.9 x 10.8 cm. ISBN: 3251100475.

Julian Barnes contributes three works to this issue of Der Rabe, also known as “Der Flaubert-Rabe.”

“Verbindungswewe” (pp. [107]-125; translated by Gertraude Krueger)

“Dirty Story: Die Entstehung der Madame Bovary” (pp. [144]-149; translated from the English by Volker Kriegel)

“Allseits akzeptierte Ansichten.” (pp. [200]-204;  translated by Michael Walter and Volker Kriegel)

Von Büchern & Menschen (Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 1988; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Zehn Vorschläge.” Von Büchern & Menschen. Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 1988. Pp. 176. 18 x 10.8 cm. ISBN: 3627500024. (German).

Julian Barnes’s contribution, an excerpt from Flaubert’s Parrot, appears on pp. 96-99 and is translated by Michael Walter.