Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. A Distant Place 1
5. 2. A Room Without a View 15
6. 3. A Momentary Splendor 31
7. 4. The Apprentice Storyteller 47
8. 5. Citizen Gain 57
9. 6. The Elusive Tiger 69
10. 7. A Nocturnal Rhapsody 89
11. 8. Lowry's Ghost 103
12. 9. Images of History 123
13. 10. The Vertigo of Memory 137
14. 11. The Demonic Heart of Nature 149
15. 12. The Essayistic Narrator 157
16. Notes 171
17. Bibliography 179
18. Index 187