First published in English translation by And Other Stories in 2018
Sheffield – London – New Haven
www.andotherstories.org

First published as Germà de gel in 2015 by L’Altra editorial, Barcelona.
Copyright © 2015 Imma Ávalos Marquès
English-language translation copyright © 2018 Mara Faye Lethem

This edition is published by arrangement with L’Altra Editorial c/o MB Agencia Literaria S.L. through Corinne Chabert Literary Agency.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transported in any form by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher of this book. The right of Imma Ávalos Marquès be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or places is entirely coincidental.

ISBN: 978-1-911508-20-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-911508-21-2

Editor: Stefan Tobler; Proofreader: Gesche Ipsen; Typesetting and eBook: Tetragon, London; Cover Design: Pablo Marfá; Line-drawing artworks: Alicia Kopf.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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This book was also supported using public funding by Arts Council England.