“U” | Hockney’s Alphabet (Random House, 1991)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “U” in Hockney’s Alphabet. Edited by Stephen Spender. New York: Random House, 1991. Pp. 92 + [4]. 39.4 x 23.3 cm. ISBN: 067941066x.

Drawings by David Hockney with written contributions by Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Kazuo Ishiguro, John Updike, Susan Sontag, Seamus Heaney, Craig Raine, and others. Each author addresses a letter from the alphabet.

Julian Barnes’s contribution appears on page 71-72.

“The proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the American Friends of AIDS Crisis Trust and be used to support AIDS research and services to people with AIDS.”

The book was also published in deluxe and special editions.

“Bark” | Secret Ingredients (Random House, 2007)


Notes on this edition: Julian Barnes. “Bark” in Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink. Edited by David Remnick. New York: Random House, 2007. Pp. 582 + [8]. 24.1 x 16.2 cm. ISBN: 9781400065479.

Julian Barnes’s short story “Bark” appears on pp. [572]-582.