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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Lenz, Siegfried, 1926-
[Schweigeminute. English]
Stella / by Siegfried Lenz ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-1-59051-387-3
1. Teenage boys—Fiction. 2. English teachers—Fiction.
3. First loves—Fiction. I. Bell, Anthea. II. Title.
PT2623.E583S3913 2010
833′.914—dc22 2009041111
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