Novelas Eróticas by Manuel Teixeira-Gomes was first published in North Africa in 1934 This translation first published in Great Britain in 1999

by Carcanet Press Limited Conavon Court, 12–16 Blackfriars Street

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This translation © 1999 Alison Aiken

The right of Alison Aiken to be identified as the translator of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts of 1988

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This book belongs to the series From the Portuguese published in Great Britain by Carcanet Press in association with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK),

with support from Instituto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas and Instituto Camões, and with the collaboration of The Portuguese Arts Trust 600

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 1 85754 389 0

The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from the Arts Council of England

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Printed and bound in Great Britain by Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter