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Copyright © 2013, 2010 by Sinan Antoon. First published in 2010 in Arabic as Wahdaha Shajarat al-Rumman by al-Mu’assasah al-Arabiyya lil-Dirasat, Beirut, Lebanon. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Antūn [Antoon], Sinān, 1967–. [Wahdaha shajarat al-rumman. English]

The corpse washer / Sinan Antoon; translated from the Arabic by the author.

pages cm.—(A Margellos world republic of letters book.)

“First published in 2010 in Arabic as Wahdaha shajarat al-rumman by al-Mu’assasah al-’Arabiyah lil-Dirasat wa-al-Nashr, Beirut, Lebanon”—Title page verso.

ISBN 978-0-300-19060-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

I. Title.

PJ7914.N88W3413 2013

892.7’37—dc23

2013002091

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).

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