Originally published in French as Connemara in 2022 by Actes Sud, Arles, France

Copyright © Actes Sud, 2022

English translation copyright © Sam Taylor, 2024

Published by special arrangement with Actes Sud in conjunction with their duly appointed agent 2 Seas Literary Agency

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Text designer: Patrice Sheridan

This book was set in Cochin and Trade Gothic by Alpha Design & Composition of Pittsfield, NH

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Names: Mathieu, Nicolas, 1978- author. | Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.

Title: Connemara / Nicolas Mathieu; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.

Other titles: Connemara. English

Description: New York : Other Press, 2024. | “Originally published in French as Connemara in 2022 by Actes Sud, Arles, France”

Identifiers: LCCN 2023030077 (print) | LCCN 2023030078 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635423563 (paperback) | ISBN 9781635423570 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PQ2713.A8767 C6613 2024 (print) | LCC PQ2713.A8767 (ebook) | DDC 843/.92—dc23/eng/20230919

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023030077

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023030078

Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Ebook ISBN 9781635423570

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