Something to Declare

	A collection of essays on the subject of France and French culture written by Barnes over the previous twenty years. Subjects include the Tour de France, French food, and, of course, Gustave Flaubert.

English Editions (View Translations)

Something to Declare. London: Picador, 2002. £8.99.

Something to Declare. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2002. $27.95.

Something to Declare. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. $25.00.

Something to Declare. New York: Vintage Books, 2003. Pp. 295.

Reviews

De Botton, Alain. "The French Master." The Sunday Times (London) (30 December 2001) Note: You may need to register with The Times before being allowed to view the article.

Dyer, Geoff. "All aboard the Eurostar." Guardian (5 January 2002): 8.

Cowley, Jason. "New Gauls, Please." The Observer (6 January 2002): 15. Reprinted in the Manchester Guardian Weekly (29 January 2002): 17.

Walden, George. "Citizen of the Ancien Regime." Sunday Telegraph (London) (6 January 2002): 12.

"Shelf life: Julian Barnes." Scotland on Sunday (13 January 2002). (Registration required -- free.)

Clarke, Nick. "Le vrai Barnes." New Statesman (14 January 2002).

"You ask the questions: Julian Barnes." Independent (16 January 2002): 8. Q & A with Barnes upon the publication of Something to Declare.

Webb, Alex. "Barnes and France: Love requited." BBC Online: Arts (18 January 2002). Interview with Barnes upon the publication of Something to Declare.

Webb, Alex. "Barnes' Declaration of Love." BBC Online: Reviews (18 January 2002). Review of Something to Declare.

Falconer, Morgan. "Barnes Storming." The Highbury & Islington Express (18 January 2002).

Spurling, Hilary. "In Full Feather." The Daily Telegraph (19 January 2002): 3.

Hitchings, Henry. "Not Just Parroting Flaubert." Financial Times (19 January 2002): 5.

Adicéam, Ashok. "France without Finesse." The Scotsman (19 January 2002). (Registration required -- free.)

Taylor, Alan. "Channel Hopping." The Herald (UK) (20 January 2002). Review and interview.

Griffiths, Eric. "Endless fast food for thought." The Evening Standard (London) (21 January 2002): 51. Online as: "Barnes's faulty French fancy."

"Something to Declare." Time Out (23 January 2002): 54.

King, Tim. "Flaccid French Letters." Prospect (24 January 2002).

Manguel, Alberto. "Everything begins at Calais." The Spectator (26 January 2002): 46.

Stewart, Alex. "New Book of The Month." Stanfords Maps and Books (January 2002).

Roberts, Ryan. "A Distant, Receding Coastline." Julian Barnes Website (January/February 2002).

Tindall, Gillian. "Monsieur Barnes Crosses the Channel." TLS (1 February 2002).

Haverty, Anne. "Pursuing the F-word in France." The Irish Times (2 February 2002): 57.

Biswell, Andrew. "Something to Declare." Scotland on Sunday (3 February 2002): 13.

Barnes, Jonathan. "Mon semblable, mon frère." Areté Magazine 7 (Winter 2001): 123-128.

Gillmor, Don. "Son of Flaubert." Globe & Mail (Toronto) (9 March 2002): D5.

Edemariam, Aida. "A Generous Aperitif, Followed by Flaubert." National Post (13 April 2002): 2 (Books).

Matthews, David. "French Dressing, Merci." The Weekend Australian (20 April 2002): R8.

Juers, Evelyn. "In the Name of Amour for All Things French." Sydney Morning Herald (20 April 2002): 11.

"Something to Declare." Kirkus Reviews 70:14 (15 July 2002): 1002.

Heptonstall, Geoffrey. "A Francophile on France." Contemporary Review (August 2002): 116+.

Zaleski, Jeff. "Something to Declare." Publishers Weekly 249:31 (5 August 2002): 61.

Hooper, Brad. "Something to Declare: Essays on France." Booklist 99:2 (15 September 2002): 202.

Wise, Ogla B. "Something To Declare." Library Journal 127:15 (15 September 2002): 83.

Macfarlane, David. "Toronto Has Moved by Degrees Closer to Paris." Globe & Mail (Toronto) (30 September 2002): R3.

Messud, Claire. "Tour de France." New York Times Book Review (6 October 2002): 25.

McMahon, Regan. "There's Something about France (Q & A: Julian Barnes)." San Francisco Chronicle (6 October 2002): 2.

Walters, Colin. "Flaubert, Not Surprisingly, Stars Again." The Washington Times (13 October 2002): B6.

Goldin, Jay. "Something to Declare." Fort Worth Star-Telegram (20 November 2002).

Saad, Shirley. "Book of the Week: Something to Declare." United Press International (10 December 2002).

Champagne, Roland. "Two Carolines Stand Out in French-Loving Brit's 17 Essays." St. Louis Post-Dispatch (22 December 2002): G11.

"The Very Best Volumes of 2002." Manchester Guardian Weekly (1 January 2003): 15. Alain de Botton selects Barnes's Something to Declare as one of his books of the year.

Reviews of the French Edition
(Special thanks to Vanessa Guignery)

Guignery, Vanessa. "Quelque chose à déclarer de Julian Barnes." Site Centre Gustave Flaubert (http://www.univ-rouen.fr/flaubert) Débats critiques (fév. 2003).

"Julian Barnes La France ne devrait pas douter d'elle-meme." Le Figaro (27 December 2003). [Interview].

Clavel, André. "Julian Barnes." Le Temps (3 jan. 2004).

Garcin, Jérôme. "La France selon Barnes." Le Nouvel Observateur (8 jan. 2004): 86-87.

Rinaldi, Angelo. "Ne pleurez pas Milord." Figaro littéraire (8 jan. 2004): 1.

Enthoven, Jean-Paul. "Mister Barnes, I presume?" Le Point (9 jan. 2004): 108-110.

Neuhoff, Eric. "Quelque chose à déclarer de Julian Barnes." Madame Figaro (10 jan. 2004): 43.

Noiville, Florence. "Julian Barnes et l’ “exquise ennemie”." Le Monde des livres (16 jan. 2004): III.

De Biasi, Pierre-Marc. "Le Petit-fils anglais de Flaubert." Magazine littéraire 429 (mars 2004): 88.

Tran Huy, Minh. "Le Tour de France de Julian Barnes." Magazine littéraire 429 (mars 2004) : 87-88.