Introduction
PART ONE
Reflections
THEN
NOSTALGIA
THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
TWO WOMEN
MOTHER’S KNEE
KANT’S LITTLE PRUSSIAN HEAD AND OTHER REASONS WHY I WRITE
OUR DOGS
HOW TO BE A BETTER WOMAN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
TEENAGE GIRLS
THE TIME FOR ART IS NOW
PART TWO
Criticism: Books
Three Essays on Camus and His Legacy
CAMUS AND ALGERIA: THE MORAL QUESTION
A NEW L’ÉTRANGER
THE BROTHER OF THE STRANGER: KAMEL DAOUD
KAZUO ISHIGURO
JANE BOWLES
ITALO SVEVO
TEJU COLE
MAGDA SZABÓ
RACHEL CUSK
SAUL FRIEDLÄNDER
YASMINE EL RASHIDI
VALERIA LUISELLI
PART THREE
Criticism: Images
ALICE NEEL
MARLENE DUMAS
SALLY MANN
A HOME FROM HOME: BOSTON’S MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
Acknowledgments
Index of Publications