Short Excursion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Not Enough 1
4. Sleeping 1
5. Drawn Out 1
6. Always in It 2
7. Mingling 2
8. Sing-Song 2
9. Slight Change 3
10. Lamp and Closet 4
11. Learning Good Habits 5
12. The “Mark!” 5
13. Situation
14. The Poor 9
15. Filth 9
16. The Gift 9
17. Different Needs 10
18. Games, Regrettably 10
19. The Useful Member 14
20. Shaker of Strawberries 15
21. Bread and Games 15
22. Narrow-Minded Comrades 16
23. Disturbing Whim 17
24. Fate
25. Passing It Forward 21
26. The Negro 21
27. The Watershed 22
28. No Face 24
29. Comte de Mirabeau 25
30. Rich Devil, Poor Devil 29
31. The Kitten as David 30
32. Triumphs of Misrecognition 31
33. Scribe at the Mairie 36
34. The Beautiful Appearance 37
35. The Rococo of Fate 39
36. Spirit Still Taking Shape 42
37. The Motif of Parting 51
38. Supernaturalism, Stupid and Improved 56
39. Strange Homeland, Familiar Exile 58
40. Pippa Passes 59
41. The Long Gaze 61
42. Reunion Without Connection 62
43. The Muse of Restitution 64
44. Raphael Without Hands 66
45. Existence
46. Just Now 71
47. Dark by Us 71
48. The Fall into the Now 72
49. The Spur of Work 73
50. No Free Lunch 76
51. Ten Years’ Jail, Seven-Meter Train 79
52. Silence and Mirrors 80
53. Ways Not to Be Seen 82
54. Imminent Boredom 83
55. Moment and Image 87
56. Potemkin’s Signature 88
57. Incognito to Oneself 89
58. Motifs of Concealment 91
59. Just Knock 97
60. The Corner of the Blanket 97
61. Short Excursion 98
62. Terror and Hope 99
63. Excursus: Human and Wax Figure 101
64. Nearby: Inn of the Insane 105
65. Tableau with Curve 106
66. Some Patterns from the Left Side 108
67. The Twice-Disappearing Frame 113
68. The Motif of the Door 116
69. Things
70. Half Good 123
71. The Next Tree 123
72. Flower and Unflower 124
73. The Leyden Jar 124
74. The First Locomotive 124
75. The Urban Peasant 125
76. The House of Day 126
77. Montages of a February Evening 128
78. An Odd Flâneur 130
79. Eating Olives Precisely 132
80. Making a Point 133
81. The Reverse of Things 134
82. Greeting and Appearance 136
83. Motifs of Temptation 140
84. Appendix: No Man’s Land 147
85. A Russian Fairy Tale? 149
86. The Clever Way Out 151
87. Disappointment with Amusement 154
88. The Invisible Hand 155
89. Tales of White Magic 159
90. Wonder 169
91. The Mountain 171
92. Dead and Usable 171
93. The Pearl 172
94. Notes 175
95. Crossing Aesthetics 181