CONTENTS

Translator’s Acknowledgments

I    The Words of Monelle

II   The Sisters of Monelle

The Selfish

The Voluptuous

The Perverse

The Disappointed

The Savage

The Faithful

The Fated

The Dreamer

The Fulfilled

The Numb

The Sacrificed

III  Monelle

Of Her Emergence

Of Her Life

Of Her Flight

Of Her Patience

Of Her Kingdom

Of Her Resurrection

Translator’s Afterword

Chronology of Publications

List of Illustrations