Copyright © 1996 by Perdita Schaffner
Introduction copyright © 1996 by Robert Spoo

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First published as a New Directions Bibelot in 1996.

Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited.

“Mira-Mare” appears here.

eISBN 978-0-8112-0204-6

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