Table of Contents
Translator's Preface 9
A Note on the Chronology 19
Propaganda Death 25
My body, due to the effects of lust or pain… 27
Monologue I Cosmetic Butchery 30
Monologue II Photographs 32
Monologue III Internal Mongolia 33
Self-Portrait in Shards 36
Pillage 40
The Glance 44
A Lover's Brief Journal 46
Account of a Crime 54
Newspaper Clipping 55
Propaganda Death (One Performance Only) 57
Five Marble Tables 65
Propaganda Death No. 0 71
Slaughter 73
An Indecent Dream 75
Pure Fantasy 77
Labial Flesh 79
Final Outrages 81
Vice 83
Personal Effects (Inventory of Bougainville's Travel Case) 87
The Comb 89
The Cotton Swab 90
The Blackhead Remover 92
The Nose Wipe 93
The Exfoliating Glove 94
The Cuticle Trimmer 95
The Eyelash Curler 96
The Cat o' Nine Tails 97
The Rigoliot's Paper 98
The Tongue Depressor 100
The Ether Mask 101
The Gloves 103
The Daguerreotype of a Dead Child 104
The Teddy-Bear Vial 105
The Vibrating Chair 106
The Neck Brace 108
The Static Electricity Machine 109
The Flypaper 113
The Vacuum Machine 114
A Route 115
Regulation 117
The Hammam 118
The Planetarium 123
The Museum of the École de médicine 126
The Palace of Desirable Monsters 128
The Sting of Love and Other Texts 131
The Sting of Love 133
The Knife Thrower 136
Posthumous Novel 142
A Screenwriter in Love 149
For P. Dedication in Invisible Ink 153
Vertigoes 164
Obituary 169
Singular Adventures 175
A Kiss for Samuel 177
The Trip to Brussels 182
The Desire to Imitate 190
Mauve the Virgin 213
Mauve the Virgin 215
Flash Paper 227
Joan of Arc's Head 241
A Man's Secrets 251
The Earthquake 257
The Lemon Tree 260
Acknowledgments 267
