CONTENTS

  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
  3. DEDICATION
  4. EPIGRAPH
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. UNDERGROUND
  7. IN FREUD’S SHADOW, PART 1
  8. IN FREUD’S SHADOW, PART 2
  9. CAVAFY’S BED
  10. SEBALD, MISSPENT LIVES
  11. SLOAN’S GASLIGHT
  12. EVENINGS WITH ROHMER
  13. Maud; or, Philosophy in the Boudoir
  14. Claire; or, A Minor Disturbance on Lake Annecy
  15. Chloé; or, Afternoon Anxiety
  16. ADRIFT IN SUNLIT NIGHT
  17. ELSEWHERE ON-SCREEN
  18. SWANN’S KISS
  19. BEETHOVEN’S SOUFFLÉ IN A MINOR
  20. ALMOST THERE
  21. COROT’S VILLE-D’AVRAY
  22. UNFINISHED THOUGHTS ON FERNANDO PESSOA
  23. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  24. ALSO BY ANDRÉ ACIMAN
  25. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  26. COPYRIGHT