Vor meiner Zeit (Haffsman Verlag, 1993; German)


Notes on this edition: Vor meiner Zeit. Zürich: Haffsman Verlag, 1993. Pp. 247 [248] + [8]. 18.5 x 11.2 cm. Translated by Michael Walter. ISBN: 3251300164. (German).

Formerly published in German under the title Als sie mich noch nicht kannte (Haffsman Verlag, 1988).

In die Sonne sehen | Staring at the Sun (Haffmans Verlag, 1991; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. In die Sonne sehen | Staring at the Sun.  Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1991. Pp. 269 [270] + [2]. 18.5 x 11.3 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3251001914. (German).

Cover image by Volker Kriegel. Kriegel’s official website features a photograph of him working on this particular cover.

Der Rabe No. 42 (Haffmans, 1995; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “1981” & “Ansprache des Shakespeare-Preisträgers 1993.” Der Rabe: Magazin fur jede , No. 42, Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1995. Pp. 242 + [14]. 18 x 10.8 cm. ISBN: 3251100424.

Julian Barnes contributes two works to this issue of Der Rabe. “1981” (pp. [11]-25) and “Ansprache des Shakespeare-Preisträgers 1993” (pp. [223]-231). Both pieces were translated by Gertraude Krueger.

Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine (Haffmans Verlag, 1992; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Das Stachelschwein | The Porcupine.  Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1992. Pp. 153 [154] + [6]. 22 x 13.7 cm. Translated by Stefan Howald and Ingrid Heinrich-Jost. ISBN: 3251002155. (German).

Darüber reden | Talking It Over (Haffmans Verlag, 1997; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Darüber redenTalking It Over. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1992. Pp. 262 [263] + [9]. 22 x 14 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 325100204x. (German).

Schieber-City | Fiddle City (Haffmans Verlag, 1993; German)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Schieber-City | Fiddle City. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1993. Pp. 213 [214] + [10]. 18.4 x 11.3 cm. Translated by Michel Bodmer. ISBN: 3251300016. (German).

Flauberts Papagei | Flaubert’s Parrot (Haffmans Verlag, 1987; German)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. Flauberts PapageiFlaubert’s Parrot. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1987. Pp. 277 [278] + [2]. 18.5 x 11.2 cm. Translated by Michael Walter. ISBN: 3251001043. (German).

Cover illustration by Volker Kriegel.

Metroland (Haffmans Verlag, 1989; German; Paperback)


Notes on this edition: Metroland.  Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1989. Pp. 231 [232] + [8]. 18 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Gertraude Krueger. ISBN: 3251011286

Cover art by Volker Kriegel. Marked as “Haffmans-Taschenbuch 128”.

The copy pictured above has a bookseller’s inventory/price sticker on the lower back cover that was not present at the time of publication.

The copy below is the second printing, as indicated by the publisher’s slip inserted into the inside cover. The publisher’s slip is unique to this copy, as it is Julian Barnes’s personal copy.

Vor die Hunde gehen | Going to the Dogs (Haffmans Verlag, 1989; German)


Notes on this edition: Dan Kavanagh. Vor die Hunde gehen | Going to the Dogs. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1989. Pp. 268 [269] + [3]. 18 x 10.8 cm. Translated by Willi Winkler. ISBN: 3251010360. (German).

Als sie mich noch nicht kannte | Before She Met Me (Haffmans Verlag, 1988; German)


Notes on this edition: Als sie mich noch nicht kannte | Before She Met Me. Zürich: Haffmans Verlag, 1988. Pp. 247 [248]. 18.4 x 11.1 cm. Translated by Michael Walter. (German).

The dust jacket of the German translation of Barnes’s second novel Before She Met Me features an illustration by Volker Kriegel. Also in 1988, Bloomsbury published Kriegel’s book The Truth about Dogs, a collection of Kriegel’s humorous drawings of dogs. Julian Barnes wrote an introduction for the book.