| Preface | vii |
| PART ONE: LOSSES | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| 1 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | 8 |
| 2 The Lost Mariner | 23 |
| 3 The Disembodied Lady | 43 |
| 4 The Man Who Fell out of Bed | 55 |
| 5 Hands | 59 |
| 6 Phantoms | 66 |
| 7 On the Level | 71 |
| 8 Eyes Right! | 77 |
| 9 The President's Speech | 80 |
| PART TWO: EXCESSES | |
| Introduction | 87 |
| 10 Witty Ticcy Ray | 92 |
| 11 Cupid's Disease | 102 |
| 12 A Matter of Identity | 108 |
| 13 Yes, Father-Sister | 116 |
| 14 The Possessed | 120 |
| PART THREE: TRANSPORTS | |
| Introduction | 129 |
| 15 Reminicence | 132 |
| 16 Incontinent Nostalgia | 150 |
| 17 A Passage to India | 153 |
| 18 The Dog Beneath the Skin | 156 |
| 19 Murder | 161 |
| 20 The Visions of Hildegard | 166 |
| PART FOUR: THE WORLD OF THE SIMPLE | |
| Introduction | 173 |
| 21 Rebecca | 178 |
| 22 A Walking Grove | 187 |
| 23 The Twins | 195 |
| 24 The Autist Artist | 214 |
| Bibliography | 234 |