The Saint of Lost Things (42 page)

Allison Adair, for her lovely translation of “Terra Straniera.”

The Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, especially Michael Collier, for letting me grow up on that magic mountain.

The staff of the Diesel Café and True Grounds in Somerville, and the Singing Starbucks in West Medford, for the (almost) free office space.

Michael Borum, with whom the days pass happily, the nights are full of stars, and life is a grand adventure. What can anyone give me greater than now . . .

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© 2005 by Christopher Castellani. All rights reserved.

Translation of “Terra Straniera” on page vii by Allison Adair. Reprinted by permission.

This is a work of fiction. While, as in all fiction, the literary perceptions and insights are based on experience, all names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No reference to any real person is intended or should be inferred.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available for a previous edition of this work.

E-book ISBN 978-1-56512-885-9

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