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Copyright © 2015 by Anne Garréta

Originally published in French as Sphinx by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle in Paris, 1986

English translation copyright © 2015 by Emma Ramadan

First edition, 2015

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-941920-08-4 (ebook)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER: 2015930301

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Cet ouvrage, publié dans le cadre d’un programme d’aide à la publication, bénéficie du soutien du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Service Culturel de l’Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis.

This work, published as part of a program of aid for publication, received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

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Cover design & typesetting by Anna Zylicz · annazylicz.com

Text set in Bembo, a typeface modeled on typefaces cut by Francesco Griffo for Aldo Manuzio’s printing of De Aetna in 1495 in Venice.

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