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Copyright © Ibrahim al-Koni, 2003
Translation copyright © William M. Hutchins, 2008
Published in Arabic as al-Bahth ‘An al-Makan al-Da’i‘ (In Search of the Lost Place) in Beirut by al-Mu’assasa al-‘Arabiya li-l-Dirasat wa-l-Nashr, 2003.
Chapters One and Two of Section One, Part One, of this novel appeared in a somewhat different form in Banipal no. 25, Spring 2006, pp. 3–10.
Section One of Part Two appeared in a somewhat different form online at wordswithoutborders.org, July 2006.
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ISBN-13: 978-1-85964-202-3
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Jacket design by David Rose
Illustration by Janette Louden
Printed in Lebanon