Originally published as Die Weiber, Alte Abdeckerei, Die Kunde von den Bäumen by Wolfgang Hilbig, Werke, Erzählungen
© 2010, S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
Translation © 2018 by Isabel Fargo Cole
Two Lines Press
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ISBN 978-1-931883-73-3
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017958708
Cover design by Liliana Lambriev
Cover photo by plainpicture/Folio Images/Peter Gerdehag
Typeset by Jessica Sevey
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