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THE ENCOUNTER
PETRU POPESCU
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WAKE UP, SIR!
JONATHAN AMES
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THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY
STEFAN ZWEIG
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WAKING LIONS
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BONITA AVENUE
PETER BUWALDA
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JOURNEY BY MOONLIGHT
ANTAL SZERB
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BEFORE THE FEAST
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A SIMPLE STORY
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FORTUNES OF FRANCE
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1 The Brethren
2 City of Wisdom and Blood
3 Heretic Dawn
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TRAVELLER OF THE CENTURY
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ONE NIGHT, MARKOVITCH
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KARATE CHOP & MINNA NEEDS REHEARSAL SPACE
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RED LOVE: THE STORY OF AN EAST GERMAN FAMILY
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SONG FOR AN APPROACHING STORM
PETER FRÖBERG IDLING
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Copyright
Pushkin Press
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Original text © Inge Schilperoord 2015
English translation © David Colmer, 2017
Published by special arrangement with Uitgeverij Podium in conjunction with their duly appointed agent 2 Seas Literary Agency.
Tench was first published as Muidhond in Amsterdam, 2015
First published by Pushkin Press in 2017
ISBN 978 1 78227 285 4
This publication has been made possible with financial support from the Dutch Foundation for Literature
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