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Originally published in Germany in 1984
by Suhrkamp Verlag as Holzfällen: Eine Erregung
First published in the US in 1987
by Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
First published in the UK in 2011
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2011
© Thomas Bernhard, 1984
Translation © David McLintock, 1987
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