Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Between Word and World 3
5. Narrative and Ethics Face to Face 20
6. True Stories and the Oppressions of History 59
7. Magic Realism, Social Protest, and the Irrepressibility of Language 99
8. Parodic Myth and Sacred Story 135
9. Writing with Photographs: Art, Lies, and Realist Developments 166
10. The Genres of the Middle Space 199
11. Narrative Trace, Textual Grace 229
12. Notes 239
13. Bibliography 253
14. Index 273