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Original text © Erwin Mortier 2008
Originally published by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
English translation © Paul Vincent 2014
While the Gods Were Sleeping first published in Dutch as Godenslaap in 2008
This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2014
The translation of this book was funded by the Flemish Literature Fund (www.flemishliterature.be).
ISBN 978 1 782270 85 0
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