Letter from Casablanca (13 page)

© II Saggiatore, 1981

Translation copyright © 1986 by Janice M. Thresher

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Published by arrangement with Il Saggiatore, Milan

Manufactured in the United Slates of America

This translation of
Il gioco del rovescio
first published clothbound and as New Directions Paperbook 620 in 1986

Published simultaneously in Canada by Penguin Books Canada Limited

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-

Letter from Casablanca.

(A New Directions Book)

Translation of: II gioco del rovescio.

I. Title.

PQ4880.A24G5613 1986 853’.914 85-28380

ISBN: 978-0-811-22348-5 (e-book)

New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin

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