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Originally published as Die Meerschweinchen by Verlag C. J. Bucher, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1971 First published in the United States by The Third Press, Joseph Okpaku Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 Published by Penguin Books Inc, 1975
Translated from the unpublished Czech original, Morčata, by arrangement with Verlag C. J. Bucher, publishers of the German edition, Die Meerschweinchen
Die Meerschweinchen © Verlag C. J. Bucher, 1971 English translation © The Third Press, Joseph Okpaku Publishing Co., Inc., 1973 Introduction copyright © Neal Ascherton, 1975
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