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Ian McEwan – Mother Tongue

a. Netherlands Edition

1. First & Limited Edition

De Harmonie, Amsterdam. Published January 2006. Paperback with card wrappers. The book is in English and Dutch with each language occupying one half of the book and inverted to the other half. In English: half-title, title, [i], 12 pages numbered 5-16, [i]. In Dutch: half-title, title, [i], 13 pages numbered 5-17. Pages 200mm x 122mm. The purple patterned wrappers have on both front and back a sepia photo of a woman and boy sitting by a fountain. On one cover in white ‘Ian McEwan | Mother Tongue’. On the other cover in white ‘Ian McEwan | Moedertaal’. No ISBN.

Note 1: The text in English was first published in The Guardian (UK) ‘Saturday Review’ on 13th October 2001.

Note 2: Published in a limited edition of 500 unnumbered copies.

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