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Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” (Bloomsbury Review).
| Miracle Glass Co | 3 | |
| Late Arrival | 4 | |
| Childhood at the Movies | 5 | |
| Tattooed City | 6 | |
| Dream Avenue | 7 | |
| Sinister Company | 8 | |
| Haunted Mind | 9 | |
| Paradise Motel | 10 | |
| On a Side Street | 11 | |
| Voice from the Cage | 12 | |
| A Wedding in Hell | 13 | |
| The Dead in Photographs | 14 | |
| Madame Thebes | 15 | |
| Documentary | 16 | |
| Evening Visitor | 17 | |
| The Oldest Child | 18 | |
| The Massacre of the Innocents | 19 | |
| Pascal's Idea | 20 | |
| The World | 21 | |
| The Clocks of the Dead | 22 | |
| Raskolnikov | 23 | |
| Mad Business | 27 | |
| This Morning | 28 | |
| The Church of Insomnia | 29 | |
| Heroic Moment | 30 | |
| The Beggar on Houston Street | 31 | |
| Wanted Poster | 32 | |
| Happiness | 33 | |
| Explaining a Few Things | 34 | |
| Grim Contingencies | 35 | |
| The Crystal Pyramid | 36 | |
| Pocket Theater | 37 | |
| Divine Collaborator | 38 | |
| The Supreme Moment | 39 | |
| Crazy about Her Shrimp | 40 | |
| Transport | 41 | |
| Awaiting Judgement | 42 | |
| Love Flea | 43 | |
| What I Overheard | 44 | |
| The Secret | 45 | |
| Leaves | 46 | |
| The Pleasures of Reading | 49 | |
| In Ecstasy of Surrender | 50 | |
| Where the Dreamy Wabash Flows | 51 | |
| A Puppet Play | 52 | |
| Hoarder of Tragedy | 53 | |
| Paper Dolls Cut Out of a Newspaper | 54 | |
| Reading History | 55 | |
| Men Deified Because of Their Cruelty | 57 | |
| Psalm | 58 | |
| The Story of Cercopes | 59 | |
| The Big Coverup | 60 | |
| Empires | 61 | |
| In Strange Cities | 62 | |
| The Story of the Crucifixion | 63 | |
| Midnight Serenaders | 64 | |
| At Sunset | 65 | |
| Romantic Landscape | 66 | |
| Dark TV Screen | 67 | |
| Prayer | 68 | |
| Children of the Storm | 69 | |
| Mystics | 70 | |
| Imported Novelties | 71 | |
| Via del Tritone | 72 | |
| Shaving | 73 | |
| Trailerpark | 74 | |
| The Tower | 75 | |
| Little Prophet | 76 | |
| Mystery Writer | 77 | |
| The Secret | 79 |
Overview
Simic puts chirping birds, sex, and happiness into a world of broken windows, shivering trees, soldiers, lone dogs, the homeless of the city, and a God still making up his mind. “Provocative...a tantalizing, beautiful fusion of visions” (Bloomsbury Review).