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Short Prose - Volume 1

Dumitru Tsepeneag

Translator Alistair Ian Blyth

Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press

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collection of previously published and unpublished stories Dumitru Tsepeneag exiled because of this controversial writing style
Available since: 05/26/2020.

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