Lifelines: An Anthology of Poems Chosen by Famous People (Penguin Books, 1993)


Notes on this edition: Lifelines: An Anthology of Poems Chosen by Famous People. Edited by Niall MacMonagle. London: Penguin Books, 1993. Pp. 222. 19.6 x 12.8 cm. With a foreword by Seamus Heaney.

Julian Barnes selects and discusses A. E. Housman’s “Last Poems, XII” (pp. 150-51).

Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007; German)


Notes on this edition: Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007. Pp. 153 [154]. 19 x 12.3 cm. Translated by Stefan Howald and Ingrid Heinrich-Jost. ISBN: 9783462600025. (German).

Vor Meiner Zeit | Before She Met Me (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007; German)


Notes on this edition: Vor Meiner Zeit | Before She Met Me. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007. Pp. 247 [248]. 19 x 12.3 cm. Translated by Michael Walter. ISBN: 9783462600032. (German).

Metroland (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007; German)


Notes on this edition: Metroland. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007. Pp. 231 [232]. 18 x 11 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783462600001. (German).

Paperback spine is sun-bleached. From Julian Barnes’s personal collection.

In die Sonne sehen | Staring at the Sun (Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007; German)


Notes on this edition: In die Sonne sehen | Staring at the Sun. Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2007. Pp. 269 [270] + [2]. 18 x 11 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783462600018. (German).

Troje | Talking It Over (Geopoetika, 2002; Serbian)


Notes on this edition: Troje | Talking It Over. Belgrade: Geopoetika, 2002. Pp. 204 + [4]. 19.7 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Ivana Đurić Paunović. ISBN: 8683053679. (Serbian).

La France en automobile | A Motor-Flight Through France (Mercure de France, 2017; French)


Notes on this edition: Edith Wharton. La France en automobile | A Motor-Flight Through France. Paris: Mercure de France/Folio, 2017. Pp. 208 [209] + [15]. 17.8 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Jean Pavans. ISBN: 9782072710926. (French).

Preface by Julian Barnes, originally written in 1995, but translated into French for the Mercure de France edition (2015).

Em Tom de Conversa | Talking It Over (Rocco, 1994; Portuguese-Brazil)


Notes on this edition: Em Tom de Conversa | Talking It Over. Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, 1994. Pp. 236 + [4]. 20.8 x 13.9 cm. Translated by Roberto Grey. ISBN: 8532504701. (Portuguese-Brazil).

Història del món en deu capítols i mig | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Proa, 1997; Catalan)


Notes on this edition: Història del món en deu capítols i mig | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Barcelona: Proa, 1997. Pp. 403 + [7]. 20 x 13.4 cm. Translated by Marta Bes Oliva. ISBN: 8482564641. (Catalan).

Darüber Reden | Talking It Over (Heyne, 1994; German)


Notes on this edition: Darüber Reden | Talking It Over. Munich: Wilhelm Heyne, 1994. Pp. 262 [263] + [9]. 18 x 11.4 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3453082214. (German).