[1.] Places: The 14th Ward -- Paris and its suburbs -- Dijon -- Epidaurus and Mycenae -- The ghetto (N.Y.) -- Big Sur invocation -- [2.] Stories: Picodiribibi -- Reunion in Brooklyn -- Max -- Goldilocks -- Automotive Passacaglia -- Berthe -- [3.] Literary essays: The universe of death -- Of art and the future -- Reflections on writing -- The wisdom of the heart -- Tribute to France -- [4.] Portraits: Un etre etoilique -- Hans Reichel -- Alfred Perles -- Blaise Cendrars -- [5.] The man himself: A commonplace book of aphorisms and ideas -- Appendix: Defense of the freedom to read.
