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Quote by Ludvík Vaculík is courtesy of Gerald Turner’s translation of A Czech Dreambook, published by Karolinum Press in 2019. The translation is based upon the fifth edition of Český snář, published in 2002, by Atlantis of Brno, Czech Republic.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Oyeyemi, Helen, author.
Title: Peaces / Helen Oyeyemi.
Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2021.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020031587 (print) | LCCN 2020031588 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593192337 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593192382 (ebook)
Classification: LCC PR6115.Y49 P43 2021 (print) | LCC PR6115.Y49 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031587
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031588
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