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These stories appeared in the following publications: “Creation” in Antaeus 33, Spring 1979; “Human Moments in World War III” in Esquire, July 1983; “The Runner” in Harper’s, September 1988; “The Ivory Acrobat” in Granta 25, Autumn 1988; “The Angel Esmeralda” in Esquire, May 1994; “Baader-Meinhof” in The New Yorker, April 1, 2002; “Midnight in Dostoevsky” in The New Yorker, November 30, 2009; “Hammer and Sickle” in Harper’s, December 2010; and “The starveling” in Granta 117, Autumn 2011.

The image on p. 45 is from the book Herakleion Museum, published by Ekdotike Athenon, and is used with permission. The image on p. 103 is a painting by Gerhard Richter and is used with permission of the Marian Goodman Gallery. Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art / Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY.