NO SAINTS OR ANGELS

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First published in 2001 in Great Britain by Granta Books, London, England

Originally published in the Czech Republic as Ani svatí, ani andělé

Published simultaneously in Canada

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Klíma, Ivan.

[Ani svatí, ani andělé. English]

No saints or angels / Ivan Klíma ; translated from the Czech by Gerald

Turner.

p. cm.

eBook ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-9666-8

I. Turner, Gerald. II. Title.

PG5039.21.L5 A8413 2001

891.8′6354—dc21

2001033994

Grove Press

841 Broadway

New York, NY 10003