Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Prologue 1
5. I am very interested in botany. 4
6. I live in a country of old people. 6
7. I have never been in Vermont, 9
8. We have not gone to the moon; 10
9. For more than twenty-five years, 11
10. Sometimes my mother consoles me 12
11. I spent many years caressing statues. 13
12. I always imagine 14
13. She brought me passionate presents 15
14. She hands me the scarf 16
15. I contribute to the general racket 17
16. She had been brought from Peru 19
17. I have a tiny apartment 21
18. She has given me happiness 23
19. Dialogue With The Writer 24
20. For many years I lived 26
21. When I was mature enough 28
22. Hell is bloody birds, 30
23. “You are very beautiful,” 31
24. I will till no more 32
25. In the ghetto of my womb 33
26. I dreamt that I was 34
27. Desertion 35
28. What Is Happening? 38
29. As I was walking along, 41
30. The Acrobats 42
31. Besieged 47
32. The minister called me 56
33. “What are you doing?” 59
34. Disobedience And The Bear Hunt 60
35. The Statue 69
36. I possessed her when I was eight 73
37. Mamá’S Farewell 74
38. I started 77
39. At the corner bar, 81
40. When the bishops rebelled, 83
41. A Great Family 84
42. Such apparent senselessness 88
43. I was enjoying an ice cream cone 89
44. Selene I 90
45. Selene II 91
46. I have come by train 92
47. Urgent Messages For Navigators 94
48. The Social Contract 96
49. The Stampede 102
50. The Hero 108
51. Other books by Cristina Peri Rossi 113