8. The Inner Room

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Note xi
4. 0. All Time has Passed Away and Left Me Here Alone 1
5. 1. Dancing on Tiptoe in Black Rain 8
6. 2. My One-Eyed Nanny 14
7. 3. I Carry an Infectious Disease 23
8. 4. Scissors and Seduction 29
9. 5. The Window Ho and Her "Changing Room" 35
10. 6. A Stranger to Myself 47
11. 7. Yi Qiu 56
12. 8. The Inner Room 66
13. 9. A Coffin Looks for an Occupant 74
14. 10. Bed - A Stage for The Drama of The Sexes 81
15. 11. A New Myth of Sisyphus 89
16. 12. A Bed Cries Out 97
17. 13. Yinyang Grotto 107
18. 14. One Person's Death Brings Punishment to Another 117
19. 15. Endless Days 130
20. 16. Apple Bobbing 143
21. 17. A Fiery Dance of Death 155
22. 18. A Stray Bullet 168
23. 19. The Birth of Miss Nothing 182
24. 20. The Years Have Passed Away and Left Me Here Alone 193
25. 21. The Lonely are a Shameless Lot 203