Introduction - Even the heavens tell lies - Pachysandra - The death of my aunt - Images on a blank canvas - Neighbors over the fence - the debt - My friend Ben - Oedipus in Brooklyn - Cousin Claude - A yiddish poet in Paris - The power of a melody - Yosele - The bag lady of seventh avenue - En route to divorce - The little red umbrella - Her last dance - Waiting for the ragman - The twin sisters - A little song for a jewish soul - The invented brother - A snowstorm in summerland - Yosemite park - Pastorale - The fate of the yiddish writer (essay) - Translators' acknowledgments - About the translators.
