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Original German edition first published in 1957 English translation by Michael Bullock first published in Great Britain by Abelard-Schumann 1959 This edition published by Eyre Methuen 1974 Published in Penguin Books 1974 Copyright © Suhrkap Verlag, 1957 This translation © Michael Bullock, 1958

Copyright © Charles Mercer, 1975

Made and printed in Great Britain by Cox & Wyman Ltd, London, Reading and Fakenham Set in Linotype Juliana

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