For the gift of peace and solitude and beautiful surroundings in which to work, I thank the Corporation of Yaddo, the Spiti tis Logotexnias on Paros, the Maison Dora Maar, and the International Writers’ and Translators’ Centre of Rhodes. My thanks also to Judith Gurewich and Janice Goldklang for their unwavering help and support (and patience), and to Alexandra Poreda and Yvonne Cárdenas for paying such close attention.