Altai: A Novel (35 page)
Authors: Wu Ming
First published in English by Verso 2013
First published as
Altai
© 2009 by Wu Ming
Published by arrangement with Agenzie Letteraria Roberto Santachiara
© 2009 Giulio Einaudi editore s.p.a., Torino
Translation © 2013 by Shaun Whiteside
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Epub ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-242-5
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wu Ming (Writers collective)
[Altai. English]
Altai / by Wu Ming ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
pages cm
Translated from the Italian.
ISBN 978-1-78168-076-6 (hardback : alk. paper)
1. Italy—Politics and government—1559–1789—Fiction. 2. Istanbul (Turkey)—History—16th century—Fiction. 3. Historical fiction. 4. Spy stories. I. Whiteside, Shaun, translator. II. Title.
PQ4923.U2A7913 2013
853’.92—dc23
2012047429
Typeset in Garamond Premier Pro by Hewer Text UK, Ltd., Edinburgh
Printed in the US by Maple Vail