Talking to Ghosts

Hervé Le Corre

Translated from the French by Frank Wynne

First published in the French language as
Les Coeurs déchiquetés
by Éditions Payot & Rivages, Paris, 2009

First published in Great Britain in 2014 by

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Copyright © 2009, Editions Payot & Rivages
English translation copyright © 2014 by Frank Wynne

This book is supported by the Institut français (Royaume-Uni) as part of the Burgess programme

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ISBN (HB) 978 0 85705 206 3
ISBN (TPB) 978 0 85705 207 0
ISBN (Ebook) 978 1 78087 304 6

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