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For Daniel and Theo and for Laura and Stephanie
Contents
I
A Story of Stolen Salamis
The Dog Hair
Circular Story
Idea for a Sign
Bloomington
The Cook’s Lesson
At the Bank
Awake in the Night
At the Bank: 2
The Two Davises and the Rug
Contingency (vs. Necessity)
Brief Incident in Short
Contingency (vs. Necessity) 2: On Vacation
A Story Told to Me by a Friend
The Bad Novel
After You Left
The Bodyguard
The Child
The Churchyard
My Sister and the Queen of England
Letter to a Frozen Peas Manufacturer
The Cornmeal
II
Two Undertakers
I Ask Mary About Her Friend, the Depressive, and His Vacation
The Magic of the Train
Eating Fish Alone
Pouchet’s Wife
Dinner
The Dog
The Grandmother
The Dreadful Mucamas
Reversible Story
A Woman, Thirty
How I Know What I Like (Six Versions)
Handel
The Force of the Subliminal
Her Geography: Alabama
The Funeral
The Husband-Seekers
In the Gallery
The Low Sun
The Landing
The Language of the Telephone Company
The Coachman and the Worm
Letter to a Marketing Manager
III
The Last of the Mohicans
Grade Two Assignment
Master
An Awkward Situation
Housekeeping Observation
The Execution
A Note from the Paperboy
In the Train Station
The Moon
My Footsteps
How I Read as Quickly as Possible Through My Back Issues of the
Notes During Long Phone Conversation with Mother
Men
Negative Emotions
I’m Pretty Comfortable, But I Could Be a Little More Comfortable
Judgment
The Chairs
My Friend’s Creation
The Piano
The Party
The Cows
The Exhibition
Letter to a Peppermint Candy Company
Her Geography: Illinois
IV
Ödön von Horváth Out Walking
On the Train
The Problem of the Vacuum Cleaner
The Seals
Learning Medieval History
My School Friend
The Piano Lesson
The Schoolchildren in the Large Building
The Sentence and the Young Man
Molly, Female Cat: History/Findings
The Letter to the Foundation
The Results of One Statistical Study
Revise: 1
Short Conversation (in Airport Departure Lounge)
Revise: 2
Left Luggage
Waiting for Takeoff
Industry
The Sky Above Los Angeles
Two Characters in a Paragraph
Swimming in Egypt
The Language of Things in the House
The Washerwomen
Letter to a Hotel Manager
Her Birthday
V
My Childhood Friend
Their Poor Dog
Hello Dear
Not Interested
Old Woman, Old Fish
Staying at the Pharmacist’s
The Song
Two Former Students
A Small Story About a Small Box of Chocolates
The Woman Next to Me on the Airplane
Writing
Wrong Thank-You in Theater
The Rooster
Sitting with My Little Friend
The Old Soldier
Two Sligo Lads
The Woman in Red
If at the Wedding (at the Zoo)
The Gold Digger of Goldfields
The Old Vacuum Cleaner Keeps Dying on Her
Flaubert and Point of View
Family Shopping
Local Obits
Letter to the President of the American Biographical Institute, Inc.
