Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality
Preface
PART ONE: LOSSES
Introduction
1 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
2 The Lost Mariner
3 The Disembodied Lady
4 The Man Who Fell out of Bed
5 Hands
6 Phantoms
7 On the Level
8 Eyes Right!
9 The President's Speech
PART TWO: EXCESSES
Introduction
10 Witty Ticcy Ray
11 Cupid's Disease
12 A Matter of Identity
13 Yes, Father-Sister
14 The Possessed page
PART THREE: TRANSPORTS
Introduction
15 Reminiscence
16 Incontinent Nostalgia
17 A Passage to India
18 The Dog Beneath the Skin
19 Murder
20 The Visions of Hildegard
PART FOUR: THE WORLD OF THE SIMPLE
Introduction
21 Rebecca
22 A Walking Grove
23 The Twins
24 The Autist Artist
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