Copyright © Antonio Tabucchi, 2013 English language translation © Tim Parks, 1991
First Archipelago Books Edition, 2013
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the publisher.
First published as Donna di Porto Pim by Sellerio editore in 1983.
Archipelago Books
232 3rd Street #A111
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943–2012.
[Donna di Porto Pim. English]
The woman of Porto Pim / Antonio Tabucchi ; translated from the Italian
by Tim Parks. – 1st Archipelago Books ed.
p. cm.
eISBN 978-1-935744-75-7
1. Whales – Fiction. 2. Whaling – Fiction.
3. Short stories, Italian – Translations into English. I. Parks, Tim. II. Title.
PQ4880.A24D6613 2012
853'.914—dc22 2012025599
Cover art: Henri Michaux
The publication of The Woman of Porto Pim was made possible with support from Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.