Redstone Diary (Redstone Press, 2023; Introduction)


Notes on this edition: Redstone Diary 2024. Redstone, 2023. 24.5 x 16.8 cm. Spiral bound with unnumbered pagination. Selected texts and introduction by Julian Barnes.

“Kann ein Kaninchen mit einer Katze reden?” (Sinn und Form, November/December 2023; German)


Notes on this publication: Julian Barnes. “Kann ein Kaninchen mit einer Katze reden?: Der Photograph und Filmer Jacques Lartigue.” Sinn und Form, November/December 2023. Pp. [768]-775. 23.8 x 16.3 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783943297744. ISSN: 0037-5756. (German)

Translation of the essay “Can a rabbit talk to a cat?” first published in the London Review of Books, Vol. 44, No. 7, 7 April 2022.

“До того, как мы встретились” (Всемирная литература, 2/2003; Russian)


Notes on this publication: Two Julian Barnes related pieces appear in the journal Всемирная литература, no. 2, 2003. Pp. 191 [192]. 25.5 x 14 cm. (Russian).

The first is an excerpt of Before She Met Me titled “До того, как мы встретились”, Pp. [128]-156.

The second is an interview with Julian Barnes titled “Pоман — зто живая материя …”, Pp. [124]-127.

“Myliłem się co do Forstera” (Literatura na Świecie, 2018; Polish)


Notes about this publication: Julian Barnes. “Myliłem się co do Forstera” | “I Was Wrong about E.M. Forster.” Literatura na Świecie, no, 11/12, 2018. Pp. 417 + [5]. 21 x 16.1 cm. Translated by Barbara Kopeć-Umiastowska. ISSN: 0324-8305. (Polish).

Julian Barnes’s essay appears on Pp. 358-363.

Ligesom Livet by Lorrie Moore (Tiderne Skifter, 2016; Danish; Foreword)


Notes on this edition: Lorrie Moore. Ligesom Livet | Like Life. Tiderne Skifter, 2016. Pp. 269 + [3]. 23 x 15.8 cm. Translated by Claus Bech and Pia Juul. ISBN: . (Danish).

Foreword by Julian Barnes appears on Pp. 7-10. The piece was written specifically for this translated volume.

Eine kleine Bosheit zwischendurch (Insel Verlag, 2019; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “.” An excerpt from The Lemon Table published in Eine kleine Bosheit zwischendurch. Edited by Clara Paul. Insel Verlag, 2019. Pp. 292 + [4]. 19 x 11.8 cm. [Translated by Gertraude Krueger.] ISBN: 9783458363958. (German).

Insel Taschenbuch #4695.

“Das Nötige Talent: Berthe Morisot” (Sinn und Form, March/April 2020)


Notes on this publication: Julian Barnes. “Das Nötige Talent: Berthe Morisot.” Sinn und Form, March/April 2020. Pp. 288. 23.8 x 16.3 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 9783943297522. ISSN: 0037-5756.

Barnes’s essay appears on pp. [194]-203. Translation of the essay “The Necessary Talent” first published in the London Review of Books, Vol. 41 No. 17, 12 September 2019.

Schwarzrock by Brian Moore (Diogenes, 2020; German)


Notes on this edition: “Brian Moore. Schwarzrock by Brian Moore. Diogenes, 2020. Pp. 285 + [1]. 18.8 x. 12.2 cm. Translated by Otto Bayer. ISBN: 9783257071450. (German).

“Nachwort” by Julian Barnes appears on pp. 279 + [286].

“Nawoord” | Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (Uitgeverij Orlando, 2021; Dutch)


Notes on this edition: Anita Brookner. Hotel du Lac. Uitgeverij Orlando, 2021. 215 + [1]. 20.7 x 13.1 cm. Translated by Eva Wolff. ISBN: 9789083104348. (Dutch).

Julian Barnes provides the “Nawoord” [“Epilogue”] on pp. 207-[216]. The piece was originally published in The Guardian on 18 March 2016, as “Julian Barnes Remembers His Friend Anita Brookner.”

“Courbet: non è così, è cosà” in Courbet e la Natura (Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018; Italian)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Courbet: non è così, è cosà.” Courbet e la Natura. Fondazione Ferrara Arte, 2018. Pp. 262 + [2]. 28 x 23 cm. (Italian).

Julian Barnes’s essay on Courbet appears on pp. 23-29. The essay first appeared in the Italian translation of Keeping an Eye Open (Einaudi).