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Note on this edition: Julian Barnes. Le perroquet de Flaubert Suivi de Changer d’avis | Flaubert’s Parrot and Changing My Mind. Stock, 2025. Pp. 342 + [10]. 21.3 x 13.5 cm. Translated by Jean-Pierre Aoustin. ISBN: 9782234099159. (French).
Combined edition of Barnes’s novel Flaubert’s Parrot with his essays published as Changing My Mind, published in the la Cosmopolite line by Stock.
Includes a preface by Julian Barnes on the 40th anniversary of the publication of Flaubert’s Parrot, pp. 9-[18].
Notes on this edition: Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Paris: Stock, 1990. Pp. 411 + [9]. 22.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 2234022509. (French).
Notes on this edition: Une histoire du monde en 10 chapitres ½ | A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. Paris: Stock, 1992. Pp. 379 [380] + [4]. 16.5 x 11 cm. Translated by Michel Courtois-Fourcy. ISBN: 9782253061830. (French).
The copyright page states the translation is from the 1990 edition, but at the bottom right of the back cover states “11/1992”. Le Livre de Poche no. 9532.
Notes on this edition: Le Perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Paris: Stock, 1991. Pp. 251 [252] + [2]. 18 x 11 cm. Translated by Jean Guiloineau. ISBN: 2234023580. (French).
This paperback is part of the Bibliothèque Cosmopolite imprint. It is smaller in format than the similarly bound Stock imprint of 1986.
Notes on this edition: Le Perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Paris: Stock, 1987. Pp. 251 [252] + [4]. 16.4 x 11 cm. Translated by Jean Guiloineau. ISBN: 9782253042976. (French).
The copyright page states the translation is from the 1986 edition, but at the bottom right of the back cover states “10/1987”. Le Livre de Poche no. 6382.
Notes on this edition: Le Soleil en Face | Staring at the Sun. [Paris]: Stock, 1987. Pp. 258 + [6]. 23 x 14.7 cm. Translated by Raymond Las Vergnas. ISBN: 2234020638. (French).
Paperback edition of the Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite edition. The hardback of the same translation was published in an almost identical format, including the same pagination and ISBN (Stock, 1987; hardback).
Later printing appears relatively similar, except for variations to the title page, as pictured below in the Stock, 1990 printing (ISBN: 9782234023086).
Notes on this edition: Le Soleil en Face | Staring at the Sun. [Paris]: Stock, 1987. Pp. 258 + [6]. 23 x 14.7 cm. Translated by Raymond Las Vergnas. ISBN: 2234020638. (French).
Hardback edition of the Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite edition. The paperback of the same translation was published in an almost identical format, including the same pagination and ISBN (Stock, 1987; paperback).
Notes on this edition: Le Perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. [Paris]: Stock, 1986. Pp. 231 + [9]. 22.5 x 14 cm. Translated by Jean Guiloineau. ISBN: 9782234019324. (French).
Published as part of the Nouveau Cabinet Cosmopolite line.
Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Le perroquet de Flaubert | Flaubert’s Parrot. Paris: Stock, 2000. Pp. 341 [342] + [10]. 17.9 x 11 cm. Translated by Jean Guiloineau. ISBN: 9782234052130. (French).
Series: Bibliothèque Cosmopolite