The Young Men in Their Beauty. For Harry, who had three passports ; The man who painted women ; Box men ; Jump-cut ; Japanese for beginners: "Ronin" ; The book of five rings ; The journalist ; The man who caught the pass ; The Rabbi's son ; The sugar man ; Freshly shaved and barbered well ; Solo ; The zealot tries on a burka ; The unidentified speaks ; The pundit.
Encounter at the Hotel Moskva. In the district of the translators ; Antwerp ; Venetian Aubade ; The book of tea ; "Katachi" ; An incident of honor at Bar Manos in Akasaka ; Travel memoir ; Ceremonies ; Christina's fantasy ; Paul Delvaux's women ; Variation on a theme by Marc Chagall ; Hexagram ; Sketches from Route 1 ; Still life ; Overheard at Park and Fifty-Third ; Navajo country ; Two love stories ; Awaiting departure ; Prologue.
Buying Sneakers. Penelope lunches with friends ; Buster and Etta ; Retired, living in seclusion near Las Vegas, Khan reflects ; Caveat emptor ; Her latest girlfriend stole the silk tabriz and left a cat behind ; Dinner at the Inn of the Anasazi ; A Brighton Beach princess remembers the past ; Jane ; Where are the negligees of Anthony?
There Was a Woman Once. Never mind ; Crossing Brooklyn Bridge at night ; Summer Island ; Pretty "Gaijin" boys have often been her weakness ; Two tales from the east ; In the spring of 1978 ; For Trudy, in New York on business ; Looking back ; The performer ; A game of "Go"
Life in the Second Circle. What would the wind drive? ; Aubadergine ; Renate ; Because she fell out of her yoga pose ; Watchfulwaiting ; At the crafts museum at Asheville ; Watching reruns ; Muhammad Ali entered my dream just to say hello ; The river children come of age ; Death watch.
