Vintage

Vintage is credited as the publisher of the 2004 edition of the book, placing the imprint at the end of a publication history that spans earlier English-language editions in the United States and Great Britain. The available front matter documents Vintage’s role in this edition but does not describe its wider publishing program or operations.

Publication Identity

The publication notice states that the book was published by Vintage in 2004 and gives ISBN 9781407017686. The same notice records copyright for the original work in 1998 and for the English translation in 2002, distinguishing the book’s earlier creation and translation from Vintage’s later edition.

Place in the Edition History

The front matter credits The New Press in New York with the first publication of the English translation in 2002, then records that the book was first published in Great Britain by The Harvill Press in 2003. Vintage’s 2004 publication follows those stated milestones. These credits establish a sequence of editions, though they do not specify the precise relationship between the imprints or the differences among their editions.

Corporate and Bibliographic Context

The book’s publication information also names The Random House Group Limited and provides a company registration number and a reference to its offices. This places the group’s corporate details alongside the edition’s publishing data; the cited information does not itself explain Vintage’s organizational structure or its relationship to the other named publishers.