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Translated and Introduced by
tim parks
PEN GU IN C L A SSI C S
an imprint of
pen g u in bo oks
Penguin Classics is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies
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This translation first published 2009
This edition first published in Penguin Classics 2014
Translation and editorial material copyright © Tim Parks, 2009
All rights reserved
Cover design and illustration: Coralie ­Bickford-­Smith
The moral right of the translator and editor has been asserted
Set in 10/13 pt Dante MT Std
Typeset by Jouve (UK), Milton Keynes
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library