Deep Vellum Publishing
3000 Commerce St., Dallas, Texas 75226
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Deep Vellum is a 501c3 nonprofit literary arts organization founded in 2013 with the mission to bring the world into conversation through literature.
Copyright © 2019 Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Translation copyright © 2021 Jane Bugaeva
The publication of the book was negotiated through Banke,Goumen
& Smirnova Literary Agency (www.bgs-agency.com)
First edition, 2021
All rights reserved.
Support for this publication has been provided in part by the Texas Commission on the Arts.
ISBNs: 978-1-64605-100-7 (paperback) | 978-1-64605-101-4 (ebook)
library of congress control number: 2021944452
Exterior design by Natalya Balnova
Interior Layout and Typesetting by KGT
Printed in the United States of America
To my friend Alun Jones,
who gave me faith in my own voice.