Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Illness as Empowerment 7
6. 2. Modernism and Its Endings 36
7. 3. Things of Beauty 72
8. 4. The Subject of Change 111
9. Translations
10. Lemon 143
11. Mire 149
12. On the Road 158
13. The Past 163
14. After the Snow 166
15. Landscapes of the Heart 175
16. The Ascension of K, or K’s Drowning 185
17. Winter Days 191
18. Under the Cherry Trees 206
19. Instrumental Illusions 209
20. The Story of the Bamboo Pipe 212
21. Blue Sky 215
22. Winter Flies 218
23. Certain Feelings on a Cliff Top 229
24. Caresses 241
25. Scroll of Darkness 245
26. Mating 250
27. The Carefree Patient 257
28. Publication History 273
29. Works Cited 275
30. Index 281
31. About the Author 289