Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Poetry
6. A Verse from “Translations of Old Okinawan Poems” 39
7. My Last Letter 41
8. Entering the Harbor of a Southern Island 43
9. Dead Body 44
10. From The Days of My Youth 46
11. A Conversation 47
12. Shell-shocked Island 49
13. Dream Revelations 51
14. Fiction
15. Officer Ukuma 59
16. Memoirs of a Declining Ryukyuan Woman 73
17. In Defense of “Memoirs of a Declining Ryukyuan Woman” 81
18. Mr. Saito- of Heaven Building 85
19. Dark Flowers 98
20. Turtleback Tombs 113
21. Bones 156
22. The Silver Motorcycle 172
23. Love Letter from L.A. 192
24. Love Suicide at Kamaara 214
25. Will o’ the Wisp 235
26. Droplets 255
27. Fortunes by the Sea 287
28. Translators 359
29. Sources for Original Texts 361