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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 whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com. 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