Notes on this edition: Шумът на времето | The Noise of Time. Sofia: Obsidian, 2016. Pp. 213 [214] + [2]. 20 x 13 cm. Translated by Любомир Николов [Ljubomir Nikolov]. ISBN: 9789547694019. (Bulgarian).
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Предчувствие за край | The Sense of an Ending (Obsidian, 2012; Bulgarian)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Предчувствие за край | The Sense of an Ending. Sofia: Obsidian, 2012. Pp. 166 [167] + [168]: Colophon. 20 x 13 cm. Translated by Любомир Николов [Ljubomir Nikolov]. ISBN: 9789547692848. (Bulgarian).
Den Eneste Historie | The Only Story (Gyldendal, 2018; Danish)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Den Eneste Historie | The Only Story. [Copenhagen]: Gyldendal, 2018. Pp. 259 [260] +4 blank. 20 x 13.3 cm. Translated by Claus Bech. ISBN: 9788702259889. (Danish).
The publisher Gyldendal is located in Copenhagen, but the copyright page states the book was “Printed in Latvia 2018”.
A “Gyldendals Bogklubber” edition was also issued in 2018 with slight color difference to cover and textual difference to title page and copyright page. Pagination for both editions appears identical.
“The Things You Know” in Sightlines (Vintage, 2001)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “The Things You Know” in Sightlines. London: Vintage, 2001. Pp. 391 [392]. 19.8 x 12.8 cm. Edited by P. D. James and Harriet Harvey Wood with an introduction by Sue Townsend. ISBN: 0099422824.
The publication of Sightlines promotes and supports the work of the Royal National Institute for the Blind’s Talking Books. All of the contributors offered their work without fee.
Julian Barnes’s short story “The Things You Know” appears on pp. 138-150 and was later published in his short story collection The Lemon Table (2004).
“The Case of Inspector Campbell’s Red Hair” in NW15: The Anthology of New Writing (Granta Books, 2007)
Notes on this edition: NW15: The Anthology of New Writing. Edited by Bernadine Evaristo and Maggie Gee. London: Granta Books, 2007. Pp. 316 + [10]. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9781862079328.
Julian Barnes contributes an essay titled “The Case of Inspector Campbell’s Red Hair” to this collection of new writing (pp. 289-299).
Parade’s End | Ford Madox Ford (Penguin Books, 2012)
Notes on this edition: Ford Madox Ford. Parade’s End. London: Penguin Books, 2012. Pp. 836 + [10]. 19.7 x 12.8 cm. ISBN: 9780141392196.
Julian Barnes wrote the introduction to this Penguin Classics reissue.
La seule histoire | The Only Story (Mercure de France, 2018; French)
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. La seule histoire | The Only Story. Paris: Mercure de France, 2018. Pp. 259 [260] + [12]. 20.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782715247079. (French).
Printing information at the end of the novel state the book was printed in May 2018. The book was issued in September 2018.
The Best of Frank O’Connor | Uncorrected Proof (Alfred A. Knopf, 2009; Everyman’s Library #321)
Notes on this edition: Frank O’Connor. The Best of Frank O’Connor. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Pp. xxxviii, 673 + [1]. 20.6 x 12.3 cm.
Uncorrected Proof in orange paper covers. Edited and with an introduction by Julian Barnes pp. ix-xi. Part of the Everyman’s Library series, no. 321.
In the Land of Pain (Vintage, 2018)
Notes on this edition: Alphonse Daudet. In the Land of Pain. London: Vintage, 2018. Pp. 87 + [7]. 19.8 x 12.9 cm. ISBN: 9781784873455.
Edited and translated by Julian Barnes. Includes an introduction by Barnes (p. v-xv) and “A Note on Syphilis” (p. 82-87).
Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums (Economist Books, 2017)
Notes on this edition:
Barnes, Julian. “Where Sibelius Fell Silent.” Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums. Edited by Maggie Fergusson. London: Economist Books, 2017. Pp. 145-151. ISBN: 9781781256916.
This is the paperback edition published the year after the hardback edition. Julian Barnes’s essay on visiting Sibelius’s home was originally published in More Intelligent Life (January/February 2012). The essay now resides on the 1843 Magazine website, which is published by The Economist. The book featured contains Barnes’s essay along with essays by Roddy Doyle, Margaret Drabble, Don Paterson, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett, Alan Hollinghurst, Andrew Motion, William Boyd, and numerous others.