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Originally published in French as Le pays des autres by Éditions Gallimard, Paris.
English-language edition published simultaneously in the United States of America in Penguin Books and in the United Kingdom by Faber & Faber Ltd. as The Country of Others.
library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Names: Slimani, Leïla, 1981– author. | Taylor, Sam, 1970– translator.
Title: In the country of others / Leila Slimani ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
Other titles: Pays des autres. English
Description: New York : Penguin Books, [2021] | Originally published in French as Le pays des autres by Éditions Gallimard, Paris.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021006123 (print) | LCCN 2021006124 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143135975 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525507598 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525508397 (international paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Slimani, Leïla, 1981– —Family—Fiction. | Women immigrants—Morocco—Fiction. | Meknès (Morocco : Province)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PQ2719.L56 P3913 2021 (print) | LCC PQ2719.L56 (ebook) | DDC 843/.92—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021006123
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021006124
Designed by Sabrina Bowers, adapted for ebook by Estelle Malmed
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Cover design: Julianna Lee
Cover art: Arancia, 2016, by Giorgio Cravero / Bridgeman Images
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