Copyright, The Republic: A Novel

Originally published in 2013 as De republiek by

Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam

The right of Joost de Vries to be identified as the author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.

This publication has been made possible with financial support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature.

Production editor: Yvonne E. Cárdenas

Text designer: Jennifer Daddio / Bookmark Design & Media Inc.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Names: Vries, Joost de, 1983- author. | Hedley-Prôle, Jane, translator.

Title: The republic / Joost de Vries; translated from the Dutch by Jane Hedley-Prôle.

Other titles: Republiek. English

Description: New York : Other Press, [2019] | Originally published in 2013 as De republiek by Uitgeverij Prometheus, Amsterdam.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018039409 (print) | LCCN 2018059718 (ebook) |

ISBN 9781590518540 (ebook) | ISBN 9781590518533 (pbk.)

Classification: LCC PT5882.32.R55 (ebook) | LCC PT5882.32.R55 R4713 2019 (print)

| DDC 839.313/7—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018039409

Ebook ISBN 9781590518540

Publisher’s Note

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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