Contents
Acknowledgments
A LATE NIGHT CONVERSATION (1970)
A Late Night Conversation
The Path to a Lighted Room
The Sun Rises Once
State of Mind
The Burial
LOW HOUSES (1977)
In the Middle of Nowhere
Shrine Visiting Season
The Tight Rope
Daily Concerns
The Locust
THE STRONGEST (1978)
Neighbors
Behind the Window
The Clinic
Illusions
The Tin Can and the Epaulette Stars
THE HOLY TREE (1980)
The Second Marriage
Drum Beats
The Final Meeting
Do Flowers Really Fade?
The Snake Pit
GYPSIES IN THE WOODS (1982)
Worries
In the Woods
Why Is Dinner Late?
The Pound Street Game
The Cripple and the Whore
THE KING OF THE JINN (1984)
Shamharush, King of the Jinn
Snake Hunting
Antonio
An Ongoing Summer
Metamorphosis
THE WHITE ANGEL (1988)
A Newspaper Report
A Tale of a Drunk
Monarch of the Square
Hyena-Struck
A Night in Casablanca
THE CART (1993)
The Scavenger
Moral Crime
A Tiny Kingdom
The Street-Sweeper
The Baby Carriage
THE FLOWER-SELLER (1996)
The Flower-Seller
Walking
At the Genoa Beach
The Rat and the Birds
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Afterword
Glossary