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English-language edition first published by Verso 2010
This updated paperback edition published by Verso 2011
© Verso 2010
First published as O Caderno © José Saramago &
Editorial Caminho, SA, Lisbon 2008–2010
by arrangement with Literarishe Agentur Mertin Inh.
Nicole Witt e. K., Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Translation © Amanda Hopkinson and Daniel Hahn 2010
Foreword translation © Shaun Whiteside
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The moral rights of the author have been asserted
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