CONTENTS

Foreword by Carmen Boullosa

Skylight

Esperanza in Flores

The Olive Green Dress

The Backwater

The Dead Horse

The Enmity of Things

Eladio Rada and the Sleeping House

The Lost Passport

Florindo Flodiola

The Poorly Made Portrait

Landscape with Trapezes

The Two Houses of Olivos

The Acrobats

Siesta in the Cedar Tree

The Head Pressed Against the Window

The Wide and Sunny Terrace

Nocturne

A Strange Visit

Sarandí Street

The Statue Salesman

Saint’s Day

Diorama

The Pavilion on the Lakes

The Sea

Forgotten Journey

The Linio Milagro Family

Bare Feet

Where the Streetcars Sleep