Copyright © 2013 by Joan Silber
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First published as a Norton paperback 2014
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Silber, Joan.
[Short stories. Selections]
Fools / Joan Silber. — First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-393-08870-0 (hardcover)
I. Title.
PS3569.I414F66 2013
813'.54—dc23
2013000342
ISBN 978-0-393-24087-0 (e-book)
ISBN 978-0-393-34889-7 pbk.
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