Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. On “Le Miroir des limbes” 6
6. On the Present Tense 13
7. On Eroticism 20
8. On Free Indirect Style 27
9. On the Comic 32
10. On Tibetan Symbolism 41
11. On the Renunciation of the Novel 48
12. On “Sierra de Teruel” 60
13. On Feline Forms 66
14. On Death and Dying 73
15. On Oratory 82
16. Conclusion 99
17. Notes 103
18. Index 115