The Temporary

by Rachel Cusk

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  First published in 1995 by Picador

  Faber paperback edition first published in 2013

  by Faber and Faber Ltd

  Bloomsbury House

  74–77 Great Russell Street

  London WC1B 3DA

  This ebook edition first published in 2013

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  © Rachel Cusk, 1995

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  ISBN 978–0–571–30384–7