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Notes on this edition: Jonathan Cape Book Catalog: January 1980—July 1980. Jonathan Cape, [1979]. Pp. 48. 20.3 x 12.6 cm.
Jonathan Cape published promotional book catalogs for forthcoming publications. In this 1980 “Spring & Summer Books” catalog, the publisher features Julian Barnes’s Metroland (pp. 4) and Dan Kavanagh’s Duffy (pp. 8).
Duffy is listed under a former, potential title of Suck it and See, a phrase used repeatedly by the novel’s antagonist.
Notes on this edition: Jonathan Cape Book Catalog: August 1981—February 1982. Jonathan Cape, [1981]. Pp. 56. 21 x 14.5 cm.
Jonathan Cape published promotional book catalogs for forthcoming publications. In the “Autumn & Winter Books” catalog, the publisher features Dan Kavanagh’s novel Fiddle City on page 9.
Posy Simmonds illustrated the catalog cover.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “El Loro de Flaubert” in El mejor humor inglés. Edited by Jorge Herralde. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2009. Pp. 162 + [6]. 22 x 14 cm. ISBN: 8437009299562. (Spanish).
This collection publishes an excerpt from Julian Barnes’s novel Flaubert’s Parrot on pp. 77-92. Barnes’s excerpt is translated by Antonio Mauri.
Other authors included in the collection include: P. G. Wodehouse, Saki, Evelyn Waugh, Tom Sharpe, Roald Dahl, Alan Bennett, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Douglas Adams, and Nick Hornby.
Notes on this edition: Les présents de l’écriture. Les Impressions Nouvelles, 2015. Pp. 251 + [3]. 20.9 x 14.5 cm. ISBN: 9782874492457. (French).
On 24 March 2013, at the Passa Porta Festival in Brussels, Julian Barnes was interviewed by Annelies Beck. A portion of their conversation was transcribed and translated into French for inclusion in this book under the title “La montgolfière” (Pp. 161-163).
Notes on this edition: Scripsi, vol. 5, no. 2, April 1989. Pp. 230 + [4]. 21 x 14.9 cm. ISSN: 9725-0096.
Julian Barnes’s “Three Simple Stories” appears on pp. 21-37. An essay on Julian Barnes by Rosemary Sorensen titled “Julian Barnes: Celebrating Disappointment” appears on pp. 94-103.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. La única historia | The Only Story. Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2019. Pp. 231 + [7]. 22 x 14.2 cm. Translated by Jaime Zulaika. ISBN: 9788433980243. (Spanish).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Πριν εκείνη με γνωρίσει | Before She Met Me. Athens: Metaixmio, 2013. Pp. 271 + [9]. 20.6 x 14.2 cm. Translated by Θωμάς Σκάσσης [Thomas Skassis]. ISBN: 9789605662486. (Greek).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Ο αχός της εποχής | The Noise of Time. Athens: Metaixmio, 2016. Pp. 231 + [9]. 20.6 x 14.1 cm. Translated by Θωμάς Σκάσσης (Thomas Skassis). ISBN: 9786180304008. (Greek).
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. The Sense of an Ending. Vintage Canada, 2012. Pp. 150 + [2]. 20.3 x 13.8 cm. ISBN: 9780307360823.
Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Fiddle City. Triad Granada, 1983. Pp. 173 + [3]. 17.8 x 11.2 cm. ISBN: 0586055975.