Contents

Part I: Spanish Lessons

Spanish Lessons

The Old Man Presents Himself

Ana Falls In Love With A Rich Man

Amaya

Amaya, in spring

Would You Trade Your Life To Live There?

Rat Laughter

Teeth Of Garlic

The Ugly Mermaid

A Song For Lorca

Isadora and the Basque Photographer

A Painting For Rachel

A Bowl Of Yellow Flowers Stains The Canvas

Part II: Paris Is Not A Dream

Paris Is Not A Dream

Jean-Louis, eight years after the Italian girl went away

The Jeweller In Brazil

Journal without dates: from Paris to Honfleur to Caen

Part III: I Kneel To Kiss The Ice

I Kneel To Kiss The Ice

She Returns To The Farm

Animals I Cannot Touch

This Domain Of Dark Wing

Living Nowhere

The Attic Of Paper Dragons

This Brighter Prison

No Green Tongue

Love has nothing to do with closing your eyes

An Evening Wake, Its Prayer

Something is burning

Words Woven From The Sadness Of Evening Trains

My Photographs Of Madeleine

The Word Is Absurd

Part IV: A Grand Place, A Greeting

A Grand Place, A Greeting

Sleeping Near The Graveyard