First English edition published by City Lights Books,
San Francisco, 1997
This edition published in 2009 by Telegram
ISBN: 978-1-84659-074-0
eISBN 978-1-84659-198-3
Copyright © Société Nouvelle des Editions Pauvert 1979, 2009 Translation and Introduction copyright © Mark Polizzotti 1997, 2009 Acknowledgments for the use of copyrighted material appear on 413
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