While the Gods Were Sleeping (38 page)

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Original text © Erwin Mortier 2008

Originally published by De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam
English translation © Paul Vincent 2014

While the Gods Were Sleeping
first published in Dutch as
Godenslaap
in 2008

This translation first published by Pushkin Press in 2014

The translation of this book was funded by the Flemish Literature Fund (
www.flemishliterature.be
).

ISBN 978 1 782270 85 0

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