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Authors: Uwe Tellkamp

The Tower: A Novel (109 page)

THE BEGINNING
 

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First published in German as
Der Turm: Geschichte aus einem versunkenem Land. Roman
by Suhrkamp Verlag 2008
This translation first published 2014
This edition first published 2014 by Allen Lane with Frisch & Co.

Copyright © Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main, 2008
Translation copyright © Mike Mitchell, 2014

The translation of this work was supported by a grant from the Goethe-Institut which is funded by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The moral right of the author and translator has been asserted

Cover illustration © Eri Griffin

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ISBN: 978-0-241-00490-6

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