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© 2007 by Sergios Gakas and Kastaniotis Editions S.A.
Translation © 2011 by Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife
Map of Athens © 2011 by Emily Faccini
Originally published in Greece as Στάχτες by Kastaniotis Editions S.A. in 2007
First published in the United States by Quercus in 2014
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