Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Flower Crazy
5. Violence by the Shore 1
6. The Net 18
7. The Ones Who Came Back 22
8. Motherhood 24
9. People Laughing, People Sobbing 30
10. Children Are Not Always Stupid 34
11. Shahrayar and Shahrazad 37
12. Talking About Flies Is Banned 47
13. Bashir, Dead or Alive 56
14. Vomit 69
15. Bald Trees 72
16. The Negative Force 75
17. Puppiesʼ Tails 77
18. The Shaved Head 80
19. The Poets 82
20. The Coffin 84
21. Flower Crazy 93
22. The Tent
23. Men Are Lucky 101
24. The Three Mouths 133
25. The Impossible 155
26. The Spiderweb 171
27. Night and Sea 174
28. The Strange Corpse 182
29. The Miniature Paradise 188
30. Upright Crawlers 192
31. The Prophetʼs Sandals 196
32. Azrou 205
33. Widows 1 215
34. Widows 2 218
35. Aisha 220
36. The Tent 225
37. Translatorʼs Acknowledgments 245