Translation © 1986 by Barbara Bray © 1985 by P.O.L. éditeur
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Originally published in France as La Douleur by P.O.L. éditeur, 1985
Originally published in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, 1985 This edition published in the United States by The New Press, New York, 1994 Distributed by Two Rivers Distribution
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