The Color Line : A Novel


 Contents
 
 Cover
 Other Titles
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Contents
 Dedication
 Epigraph
 Prologue
 Chapter 1
 
 Crossings I
 
 
 Chapter 2
 
 Crossings II
 
 
 Chapter 3
 
 Crossings III
 
 
 Chapter 4
 
 Crossings IV
 
 
 Chapter 5
 
 Crossings V
 
 
 Chapter 6
 
 Crossings VI
 
 
 Chapter 7
 
 Crossings VII
 
 
 Chapter 8
 
 Crossings VIII
 
 
 Chapter 9
 
 Crossings IX
 
 
 Chapter 10
 
 Crossings X
 
 
 Chapter 11
 
 Crossings XI
 
 
 Chapter 12
 
 Crossings XII
 
 
 Chapter 13
 
 Crossings XIII
 
 
 Chapter 14
 
 Crossings XIV
 
 
 Chapter 15
 
 Crossings XV
 
 
 Chapter 16
 
 Crossings XVI
 
 
 Chapter 17
 
 Crossings XVII
 
 
 Chapter 18
 
 Crossings XVIII
 
 
 Chapter 19
 
 Crossings XIX
 
 
 Chapter 20
 
 Crossings XX
 
 
 Chapter 21
 
 Crossings XXI
 
 
 Epilogue
 Author’s Note
 Us in Stone
 
 
 
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 ALSO BY IGIABA SCEGO
 
 Beyond Babylon
 Adua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Originally published in Italian as La linea del colore in 2020 by Bompiani, Milan
 Copyright © 2020 Igiaba Scego
 Published in agreement with Piergiorgio Nicolazzini Literary Agency (PNLA)
 Translation copyright © 2022 Other Press and Gregory Conti
 This book was translated thanks to a grant awarded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
 Production editor: Yvonne E. Cárdenas
 Text designer: Jennifer Daddio/Bookmark Design & Media Inc.
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 The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
 Names: Scego, Igiaba, 1974- author. | Cullen, John, 1942- translator. | Conti, Gregory, 1952- translator.
 Title: The color line : a novel / Igiaba Scego; translated from the Italian by John Cullen and Gregory Conti.
 Other titles: Linea del colore. English
 Description: New York : Other Press, [2022] | Originally published in Italian as La linea del colore in 2020 by Bompiani, Milan.
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022010840 (print) | LCCN 2022010841 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635420869 (paperback) | ISBN 9781635420876 (ebook)
 Subjects: LCGFT: Novels.
 Classification: LCC PQ4919.C373 L5613 2022 (print) |