Copyright © Christine Angot, 1999

English translation copyright © Tess Lewis, 2017

First Archipelago Books Edition, 2017

L’Inceste was originally published by Éditions Stock (France), 1999.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without prior written permission of the publisher.

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Cet ouvrage a bénéficié du soutien du Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Service Culturel de l’Ambassade de France aux Etats-Unis.

This work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States.

This publication was made possible by the generous support of the Lannan Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

ISBN 9780914671879

Ebook ISBN 9780914671886

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