The following articles represent
a selection of essays and reviews
written by Julian Barnes from 1986 -- present. This list may not be
complete.
"The
secrets of Cézanne." Times Literary Supplement,
21 & 28 December: 3-4 [Review of Cézanne: A Life
by Alex Danchev].
"A
tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford." The
Guardian, 24 August 2012.
"Judging
the European Book Prize for 2011." The Guardian, 16
December 2011.
"Where
Sibelius Fell Silent." More Intelligent Life January/February
2012.
"A
Candid View of Candide." The Guardian, 1 July 2011
[Barnes pays tribute to Voltaire's Candide].
"Badger
Claws." London Review of Books 33.13 (30 June 2011):
23-24 [Rev. of Nature Stories by Jules Renard, translated by
Douglas Parmée].
"Edouard
Manet: Symphony in Off-white." The Guardian, 16 April
2011.
"‘For
Sorrow There Is No Remedy’." The New York Review
of Books 58.6 (7 April 2011) [Review of A Widow’s Story:
A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates].
"A
vineyard in Montmartre: just one of the hidden pleasures of Paris."
The Guardian, 26 March 2011 [On Paris].
"
'Under the briskness, he was a softie'." Observer,
26 December 2010 [A tribute to Anthony Howard, Julian's editor at
The New Statesman].
"Writer’s
Writer and Writer’s Writer’s Writer." London
Review of Books 32.22 (18 November 2010): 7-11 [On translation
and Madame Bovary: Provincial Ways by Gustave Flaubert, translated
by Lydia Davis].
"Letters
from the man who wrote The Leopard." The Guardian,
13 November 2010 [On Letters from London and Europe by Giuseppe
Tomasi di Lampedusa].
"Ford
Madox Ford's Passionate Affair with Provence." The Guardian,
21 August 2010 [On Ford and France; written to complement Ford
Madox Ford and France by Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee (BBC
Radio 4)].
"A
City of Sand and Puddles." London Review of Books,
32.8, 22 April 2010: 9-11 [Rev. of Parisians: An Adventure History
of Paris by Graham Robb and The Invention of Paris: A History
in Footsteps by Eric Hazan, translated by David Fernbach].
"On
We Sail." London Review of Books, 31.21, 5 November
2009: 25-28 [On Guy de Maupassant's Afloat (translated by Douglas
Parméen) and Alien Hearts (translated by Richard Howard)].
"Running
Away." The Guardian, 17 October 2009 [On rereading
John Updike's Rabbit Quartet].
"Flights."New
York Review of Books, 11 June 2009 [On John Updike's final works].
"When
in Rome."The Guardian, 18 April 2009 [On Arthur Hugh
Clough's long poem Amours de Voyage].
"Such,
Such Was Eric Blair." New York Review of Books, 56.4
(12 March 2009) [Rev. of three George Orwell books: Facing Unpleasant
Facts: Narrative Essays, compiled and with an introduction by
George Packer; All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays, compiled
by George Packer, with an introduction by Keith Gessen; and Why
I Write].
"Brits
Abroad." The Guardian, 18 October 2008 [On Guy de
Maupassant & Algernon Swinburne].
"Authors
on Museums: Julian Barnes Is Very Fond of an 'Unknown Man'."
Intelligent Life, Autumn 2008 [In the first instalment of
"Authors on Museums", a new series in Intelligent Life
magazine, Julian Barnes chooses a collection in Cefalu, Sicily, on
the strength of one vase, two porcupines and one great painting].
"How
did she do it?" The Guardian, 26 July 2008 [Barnes
on Penelope Fitzgerald].
"Friends
for Faraway Places.” Guardian, 14 June 2008 [Barnes
selects three books to supplement a walk through Sicily: Norman
Lewis's The
Honoured Society (Eland), Michael Dibdin's
Blood
Rain (Faber), and Goethe's Italian
Journey (Penguin Classics)].
"Vu
de Grande-Bretagne: «Surtout ne changez pas !»” Le Nouvel
Observateur, 19 June 2008: 14-15 [Barnes discusses the roles of
England and France in Europe; Translated by Vanessa Guignery].
"The
Saddest Story.” Guardian, 7 June 2008 [Julian Barnes
admires Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier].
"Flaubert's
Last Letters.” Times Literary Supplement, 12 March
2008 [Review of Gustave Flaubert, CORRESPONDANCE V: janvier 1876
– mai 1880; Edited by Jean Bruneau and Yvan Leclerc].
"Books
of the Year.” Times Literary Supplement, 28 November
2007.
"Christmas
books past, present and future: Part one." The Guardian,
24 November 2007.
"Better
with their clothes on." The Guardian, 3 November 2007
[On Swiss artist Félix Vallotton]; Also published in Die
Weltwoche, n. 42, 18 October 2007: 52-57.
"Behind
the Gas Lamp." London Review of Books 29.19 (4 October
2007) [Novels in Three Lines by Félix Fénéon, translated by Luc Sante].
"An
Inspector Calls." The Guardian, 7 July 2006 [On Prosper
Mérimée].
"The
Past Conditional."The New Yorker, 25 December 2006
-- 1 January 2007: 56+ [Barnes writes about family, death, and religion].
"Blood
and Nerves."The Guardian, 25 November 2006 [Barnes
on Émile Zola's Thérèse Raquin].
"The
Rebuke."The Guardian, 30 September 2006 [Catching
up with Emma -- after Madame Bovary].
"Sherlock
Holmes and the Case of the Property Developers." The Guardian,
8 July 2006.
"'What
a stinking game is soccer'." The Guardian, 10 June
2006: 3 [Julian Barnes on The
Rules of Association Football 1863: The First FA Rule Book,
The Bodleian Press, £5.99; with an introduction by Melvyn Bragg].
"After
the Ball." Times Literary Supplement 5366 (3 February
2006): 3-4.
"Always
There." London Review of Books 27.24 (15 December
2005) [On George Braque].
"Soul
Brothers." The Guardian, 5 November 2005: [Julian
Barnes writes about Rudyard Kipling].
"The
Road Not Taken." The Guardian, 8 October 2005: [Julian
Barnes writes about the Guardian book club interview and his
ability to remember his own books].
"Tales
from the Confessional." The Guardian, 2 July 2005:
[Julian Barnes writes about Frank O'Connor].
"When
Flaubert Took Wing." The Guardian, 5 March 2005: 30
[Julian Barnes writes about the creation of Flaubert's Parrot].
"Here's
Johnny." Observer, 30 November 2003: 28 [Julian Barnes
on England's victory in the Rugby World Cup].
"Lost for Words." Guardian, 8 November
2003: 37 [Also published in Mortification: Writers' Stories of
Their Public Shame, edited by Robin Robertson and published by
4th Estate].
"Flashes
of Wisdom in an Age of Chaos." Guardian, 4 October
2003: 34.
"When
Eriqui Hit Parati." The Guardian, 16 August 2003.
"Hate and Hedonism." New Yorker,
7 July 2003 [Available
in .pdf format from the Houellebecq Website].
"Worlds
within Words." Guardian, 28 June 2003.
"Puritan
Pies and Decadent Dinners." Guardian, 14 June 2003.
"Bottom
Drawer." Guardian, 7 June 2003.
"Love
One." Guardian, 31 May 2003.
"How
Beetroot Got Itself Out of a Pickle." Guardian (London),
24 May 2003.
"Keep
It Simple." Guardian, 17 May 2003.
"Now
They Tell Me!." Guardian, 10 May 2003.
"When
Once Is Enough." Guardian, 3 May 2003: 36.
"Are
You Being Served?." Guardian, 26 April 2003.
"Take
a Green Leaf from These Books." Guardian, 19 April
2003: 36.
"Union Blues." The New Yorker,
79(9), 21-28 April 2003: 145.
"Picture
Perfect." Guardian, 12 April 2003: 36.
"This
War Was Not Worth a Child's Finger." Guardian, 11
April 2003: 2-4 [Available in
Italian].
"Holy Hysteria." New York Review of
Books 50(6) (10 April 2003): 32-34 [Review of The Anti-Semitic
Moment: A Tour of France in 1898 by Pierre Birnbaum].
"Mrs
Beeton to the Rescue." Guardian, 5 April 2003: 37.
"The
Seeds of Rebellion." Guardian, 29 March 2003: 37.
"Secrets
of the 10-Minute Maestro." Guardian, 22 March 2003:
37.
"Size
Counts." Guardian, 15 March 2003: 37.
"Recipe
for Success." Guardian, 8 March 2003: 37.
"The
Virtues of Precision." Guardian, 1 March 2003: 37.
"Sentimental Journeys." Guardian
(London), 11 January 2003: 2.
"The
Art of Suffering." Guardian (London), 11 May 2002.
"French Farce." Guardian (3 May
2002): 2 [Barnes reports from Paris on Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise
success in the first round of France's presidential election].
"Pronoun Overboard" The
New Yorker (8 April 2002): 32-33 [Barnes comments on pronouns
and ships in a "Talk of the Town" piece for the magazine].
"Scene dans un jardin anglais: Mon Journal de la
Semaine." Liberation (30 March 2002) [Julian Barnes discusses
various events from a week of his life].
"The
Worst Reported War Since the Crimean." The Guardian (25
February 2002) [Julian Barnes discusses the Falklands war twenty years
later].
"Life
Support." The Observer (24 February 2002) [Julian Barnes
and chef Simon Hopkinson discuss their friendship and love of wine].
"The
Woman Who Liberated the Kitchen." The Independent (9
February 2002) [Barnes's essay on Elizabeth David is reprinted from
his latest collection of essays Something to Declare].
"Wine and War." New Yorker (16
July 2001): 83+.
"Influences: Single-Handed." New Yorker
(25 December 2000): 114.
"The Hardest Test: Drugs and the Tour de France."
New Yorker (21 & 28 August 2000): 94, 96-100, 102-103.
"'One
Famous Writer brought him a piece and was told it might serve as cat
litter'." The Guardian. (17 April 1999) [This essay was
also published under the title "Bitter Lemon Days" as part of Another
Round At The Pillars: Essays, Poems & Reflections on Ian Hamilton,
to mark Hamilton's 60th birthday].
"A London View." Granta, Issue 65, London:
The Lives of the City. 1999.
"No One Suffers as Much." Times Literary Supplement.
no. 4994. (18 December 1998): 3-5 [Barnes reviews Gustave Flaubert's
Correspondance. Volume Four: 1869-1875. Edited by Jean Bruneau.
Paris: Gallimard, 1998].
"A
Love Affair with Color." New York Times Book Review.
(29 November 1998): 6.
"The Wise Woman." New York Review of Books.
(22 October 1998).
"Shrink
Wrapped." Sunday Times (19 July 1998): 1-2 [Barnes's
review of Anthony Clare's In the Psychiatrist's Chair III].
"How
Was It for You? Time (International) 152(3), (20 July
1998) [Barnes's take on the 1998 World Cup].
"A Timeless Correspondence." Harper's 296(1775),
(April 1998): p. 29-31 [Barnes replies to a letter written by Flaubert
to Turgenev. Originally published in the January 29th issue of Le
Nouvel Observateur].
"Cher Gustave. . ." Le Nouvel Observateur,
19 Janvier-4 Février 1998, pp. 52-60 [Seven authors reply to
letters written by Flaubert. The authors are: Phillippe Sollers, Julian
Barnes, Noëlle Châtelet, Jacques Weber, Dominique Fernandez,
Jacques Drillon, and Guy Scarpetta. The article is in French].
"Kitty Zipper." The New Yorker (29 September
1997): 78-82 [Review of Kitty Kelley's The Royals].
"Dept. of Dreams: European Solutions to Travel."
The New Yorker 73(10) (5 May 1997): 90, 92-93, 96-97, 109.
"Out of Place." Architectural Digest 54(5)
(April 1997): 36, 38.
"Paris
in the Twentieth Century." The New York Review of Books
(27 January 1997): 4.
"'O Unforgetting Elephant'." The New York Review
of Books 44(1) (9 January 1997): 23-27 [Review of Ford Maddox
Ford: A Dual Life].
"Grand Illusions." The New York Times Book Review
(28 January 1996): 9 [Review of John Updike's In the Beauty of
the Lilies].
"The Modernizer." The New Yorker 70(26)
(22-29 August 1994): 66-71.
"Chunnel vision." The New Yorker 70(16)
(6 June 1994): 38-45 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Froggy! Froggy! Froggy!"].
"Romancing Flaubert." The New York Review of
Books 41, (26 May 1994): 12-16 [Review of Rage and fire:
a life of Louise Colet, pioneer feminist, literary star, Flaubert's
muse by Francine du Plessix Gray].
"Staying Alive." The New Yorker 70(1) (21
February 1994): 98-105 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Five Years of the Fatwa"].
"The Maggie Years." The New Yorker 69(38)
(15 November 1993): 82-89 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Mrs. Thatcher Remembers"].
"The Deficit Millionaires." The New Yorker
69(30) (20 September 1993): 74-78, 80-88, 90-93 [Later published in
Letters from London].
"Unlikely Friendship." The New York Review of
Books 40(11) (10 June 1993): 5-6, 8, 10, 12 [Review of Francis
Steegmuller and Barbara Bray's Flaubert-Sand: the correspondence].
"Real Britannia." The New Yorker 69(8) (12
April 1993): 36-42 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Britannia's New Bra Size." Discusses British stamps and coins].
"Over the Limit." The New Yorker 68(45/46)
(28 December 1992 -- 4 January 1993): 94-100, 105 [Later published
in Letters from London as "The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Buys Some Claret." Discusses Chancellor of the Exchequer N. Lamont
and royal family taxation].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 68(22)
(20 July 1992): 69-73 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Traffic Jam at Buckingham Palace"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 68(11)
(4 May 1992): 78-84, 86-92 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Vote Glenda!"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 67(46) (6 January
1992): 69-74 [Later published in Letters from London as "John
Major Makes a Joke"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 67(32)
(30 September 1991): 74, 76-81 [Later published in Letters from
London as "Year of the Maze." Labyrinths in Great-Britain].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 66(47)
(7 January 1991): 57-69 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Mrs. Thatcher Discovers It's a Funny Old World"].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker 66(17)
(11 June 1990): 89-99 [Later published in Letters from London
as "Fake!" Discusses the art of deception at the British Museum].
"Letter from London." The New Yorker. 66(3)
(5 March 1990): 91-100 [Later published in Letters from London
as "MPTV." Discusses TV coverage of British House of Commons].
"Life in the Slow Lane." The New York Times Book Review 92, (4 October
1987):13-14 [Review of The day of judgement].
"Once in Love with Emma." The New York Times Book Review 91 (21
December 1986): 10 [Review of Llosa Mario Vargas's The perpetual
orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary].
