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First co-published in Great Britain in 2018 by Carcanet Press Ltd, Alliance House, 30 Cross Street, Manchester M2 7AQ and Partus Press Ltd, Suite 230, 275 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4EL.
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Original poems in Icelandic © Kristín Ómarsdóttir, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2017.
Translations, selection, and afterword © Vala Thorodds, 2018.
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