The Birthday

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Introduction vii
4. My kid sister
5. A Present Just for Me 5
6. Nausea 17
7. A New Breed of Woman 27
8. First Love 39
9. Her Taboo 51
10. On Treatment 61
11. All That Remains Is Our Shell of Flesh 73
12. Listening Intently and Telling Stories 85
13. The Awakening of Laughter 95
14. Chronicle of Death 105
15. Ending in Insanity 117
16. Wild Child
17. A Drifting Preface 131
18. Friends 134
19. The Beginning 136
20. In the Streets 143
21. In the Heart of the Night 150
22. Stories 155
23. Games 159
24. Good-for-nothings 167
25. The Handgun 171
26. Annie 174
27. The Past 180
28. On the Rooftop 186
29. Brothers 194
30. Mistakes 196
31. The Hotel 199
32. The Port 202
33. Changes 206
34. The Poster 209
35. Secrets 214
36. The Window 217
37. Happiness 220
38. Learning 223
39. From Birth 229
40. Pitiful 234
41. The Celebrity 237
42. The Adoption 242
43. The Negotiation 246
44. The Birthday 249
45. And Supposing 253
46. Forgetting 256