Contents

from Affinities (1977) Moving In

Foreign Curfew

In Egypt

Alex in February

A Public Death

Dog Days at Court

Visiting

from House of Cards (1982) The School Atlas

Bed and Breakfast

The Drifting House

House of Cards

The Arabian Bird

Cairo Nightclub

Shy Mountain Children

Afternoon in Naples

White Russian

Travelling Back

Morning Poem

The Crossing Keeper

The Villager’s Tale

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