Contents

A SOLITARY TRAVELER

  1. You Must Not Run in Place
  2. The Long-Distance Traveler
  3. The Detached
  4. Difficulties
  5. Talent
  6. Misfortune
  7. The Choice of Exile
  8. A 58-Year-Old Painter Leaving for America
  9. In Saskatchewan
  10. The Roads I Traveled
  11. Missing Home
  12. Cemetery

MISSED TIME

  1. Missed Time
  2. Fire
  3. Lullaby
  4. Again, Speaking of Those I Once Loved
  5. A Visitor
  6. The One Following You
  7. Surprise
  8. An Ideal Life
  9. Two Images
  10. April

HOME ON THE ROAD

  1. A Snowstorm
  2. A New Hope
  3. In the Springtime
  4. Toads
  5. A Tug of War
  6. Copying Characters
  7. A Small Boat
  8. Choice of Hometown
  9. Whether You Like It or Not
  10. The Lost Moon

ECHOES FROM FAR AWAY

  1. The Cage
  2. All You Have Is a Country
  3. The Older Generation
  4. The Last Wish
  5. A Cabinet
  6. Concreteness and Clarity
  7. Incompatible
  8. Hands
  9. A Censor’s Talk
  10. Do Not Start
  11. If Eating Is a Culture
  12. Weasels
  13. O Wind
  14. My China Dream

A QUIET CENTER

  1. Doors
  2. Acceptance
  3. Alone
  4. A Center
  5. Misunderstanding
  6. At Least
  7. Prayer
  8. Old
  9. Paper