Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Copyright © 2010 by André Aciman
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Distributed in Canada by D&M Publishers, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
First edition, 2010
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Aciman, André.
Eight white nights / André Aciman. — 1st ed.
p. cm.ISBN 978-0-374-22842-2 (hardcover: alk. paper)
I. Title.
PS3601.C525 E54 2010
813'.6—dc22
2009025415
Designed by Jonathan D. Lippincott
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I wish to thank Paul LeClerc, who gave me courage when I needed it most; the New York Public Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, for giving me a study for a whole year; Yaddo, for housing me during two glorious Junes; Jonathan Galassi, my editor; Lynn Nesbit, my agent; Cynthia Zarin, my friend—all of whom gave so much to this book. And, finally, my wife, Susan, who gave me roots, a home, a life, and all the love and blessings of family.