Published in Great Britain in 2011 by
CLERKENWELL PRESS
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First published by Fischer Verlag, Germany
Copyright © Judith Hermann, 2010, 2011
Translation copyright © Margot Bettauer Dembo, 2011

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ISBN 978 1 84668 529 3
eISBN 978 1 84765 747 3