Copyright © 2016 by Rabih Alameddine
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First published by Grove Atlantic, October 2016
Published simultaneously in Canada
Printed in the United States of America
FIRST EDITION
ISBN 978-0-8021-2576-7
eISBN 978-0-8021-9011-6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Alameddine, Rabih, author.
Title: The angel of history / Rabih Alameddine.
Description: First edition. | New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, [2016]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016018029| ISBN 9780802125767 (hardback) | ISBN
9780802190116 (ebook)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Literary.
Classification: LCC PS3551. L215 A83 2016 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016018029
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