Copyright © 2007 Michel Tremblay
Translation copyright © 2011 Sheila Fischman

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Cover photo ©2011 Francis Stanton
Cover design by Typesmith

First printing: 2011

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La traversée du continentby Michel Tremblay was first published in French in 2007 by Leméac Éditeur and Actes Sud. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the National Translation Program for Book Publishing, for our publishing activities.

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ISBN: 978-0-88922-730-9