Notes: Translated from the French by Robert Martin Adams. Cover illustration: "The Turning Point," an acrylic painting by Glen C. Davies. First paperback edition, 2001. English translation 1982 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Unnumbered pages 1 to 8 contain the front-matter, copyright, table of contents; roman numbered pages IX to XXV is an introduction essay by the translator; arabic numbered pages 7 to 219 is the main work (with 1 to 6 being unnumbered but includes title, chapter, advice to the reader and are considered part of the main work); 220 to 222 being an appendix of epigraphs used across the novel, giving a total of 247 pages. There is a one-sided blank page in between the introduction essay and the main work, that's why it seems the publisher's website says the book has a total of 248 pages.