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      Black Cat

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      Introduction copyright © 2020 by François Busnel

      All other pieces were originally published in French in the magazine America.

      English translations copyright © 2020 by David and Nicole Ball; John Cullen; Kate Deimling; Penny Hueston; Jessica Moore; Emma Ramadan; Rachael Small; Sandra Smith; Helen Stevenson; and Sam Taylor.

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      Excerpt from Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice by Colum McCann, copyright © 2017 by Colum McCann. Used by permission of Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. Same excerpt, copyright © 2017 by Colum McCann, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited. Same excerpt, copyright © 2017 by Colum McCann, published in Canada by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

      This work received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.

      first edition

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      This book was designed by Norman E. Tuttle of Alpha Design & Composition

      This book is set in 11-pt. ITC New Baskerville by Alpha Design & Composition of Pittsfield, NH

      First Grove Atlantic paperback edition: September 2020

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      ISBN 978-0-8021-4934-3

      eISBN 978-0-8021-4935-0

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