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This translation first published in the United States of America by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 1980
Published in Penguin Books 2020
Copyright © 1950 by Joseph Zobel
Translation copyright © 1980 by Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Foreword copyright © 2020 by Patrick Chamoiseau
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Foreword by Patrick Chamoiseau translated into English by Jeffrey Landon Allen and Charly Verstraet.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Zobel, Joseph, author. | Warner, Keith Q., translator.
Title: Black shack alley / Joseph Zobel ; translated with an introduction by Keith Q. Warner ; foreword by Patrick Chamoiseau ; foreword translated by Jeffrey Landon Allen and Charly Verstraet.
Other titles: Rue Cases-Nègres. English
Description: New York : Penguin Books, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019022819 (print) | LCCN 2019022820 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143133957 (paperback) | ISBN 9780525505730 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PQ3949.Z6 R813 2020 (print) | LCC PQ3949.Z6 (ebook) | DDC 843.9/14—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022819
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022820
Cover illustration: Willian Santiago
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