Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Note to the Reader xi
4. Preface xiii
5. 1 Presented to David Marshall 1
6. 2 Finding Names 17
7. 3 Inscribing Names 33
8. 4 A Posthumous Child 49
9. 5 Traces of the Father 57
10. 6 Traces of the Tailor: Becoming a Contractor 87
11. 7 Traces of the Tailor: On Strike 103
12. 8 Special Circumstances of the Case 121
13. 9 Reading the Death Certificate 141
14. 10 Reading the Death Certificate: The Place of Death 151
15. 11 Reading the Death Certificate: The Name of the Physician 161
16. 12 Reading the Death Certificate: The Name of the Disease 169
17. 13 The Case of H. W. 179
18. 14 The Pavilion for the Insane 183
19. 15 The Place of Burial: Machpelah 193
20. 16 Saying Kaddish for a Ghost 205
21. 17 Picturing a Future 211
22. 18 Picturing a Past 225
23. 19 A Ghost and a Memory 251
24. 20 Searches and Signs 265
25. 21 Returning to Machpelah 279
26. Notes 287