The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories Book

	Preface
	A Gift from Somewhere	1
	The Keeper of the Virgins	9
	Amor Divino	15
	The Immortals	25
	The Glass Tower	33
	Wilderness Tips	42
	Gorilla, My Love	58
	My Mother's Memoirs, My Father's Lie, and Other True Stories	63
	G-String	69
	Evermore	73
	Aren't You Happy for Me?	85
	In Amalfi	96
	Rara Avis	106
	Mr. Green	110
	The Fat Man in History	118
	The Courtship of Mr. Lyon	137
	Are These Actual Miles?	146
	The Old Man Slave and the Mastiff	152
	Dharma	162
	Never Marry a Mexican	179
	The Prospect from the Silver Hills	189
	Night Women	196
	The House Behind	199
	All Because of the Mistake	203
	Ysrael	211
	Betrayal	220
	Reflections of Spring	227
	The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor	233
	The Twenty-seventh Man	248
	The Parakeet	261
	Roberto Narrates	270
	My Father, the Englishman, and I	276
	Optimists	279
	The Story of the Lizard Who Had the Habit of Dining on His Wives	291
	The Hammam	295
	Escort	298
	Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet	307
	Portrait of the Avant-Garde	316
	Moving House	331
	A Family Supper	338
	Encounter	346
	The First Day	349
	Remember Young Cecil	353
	Intimacy	361
	The Stump-Grubber	373
	Wish	380
	Everything in This Country Must	387
	Pornography	393
	Behind the Blue Curtain	404
	Willing	411
	The Lifeguard	424
	The Canebrake	432
	The Management of Grief	435
	Muradhan and Selvihan or The Tale of the Crystal Kiosk	448
	The Elephant Vanishes	453
	Mark of Satan	466
	In the Shadow of War	477
	Where the Jackals Howl	481
	The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII	494
	Talking Dog	502
	The Free Radio	513
	Africa Kills Her Sun	519
	The Ring	527
	Learning to Swim	534
	A Riddle	546
	Minutes of Glory	557
	On the Golden Porch	567
	John-Jin	573
	Who, Me a Bum?	578
	Cinnamon Skin	580
	You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town	591
	Doc's Story	602
	The Farm	608
	Dirt Angel	618
	The Green Man	629
	The Night in Question	637
	The Child Who Raised Poisonous Snakes	644
	Helix	650
	Biographical Notes	656