Introduction
Translator’s Note
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1. Concerning the Phenomenology of the City of Czernopol
2. The Landscape of Tescovina; Herr Tarangolian the Prefect
3. Description of the City of Czernopol
4. First Encounter with the Hussar; Tamara Tildy and Widow Morar
5. Departure of Miss Rappaport; Fräulein Iliuţ, Herr Alexianu, and Nâstase
6. Report on Colonel Turturiuk’s Ball
7. Change in Perception of War as “Beautiful”
8. The Volksdeutschen: Professor Feuer, Herr Adamowski, and the Smirking Kunzelmann
9. Herr Tarangolian Reports on the Challenge to a Duel
10. Birds That Dwell Above Cities: The Story of Old Paşcanu
11. On the Myth of Childhood: Madame Aritonovich’s Institut d’Éducation; Blanche Schlesinger and Solly Brill
12. Aunt Paulette Calls on Madame Tildy, While Papa Brill Visits Old Paşcanu
13. Ephraim Perko; Old Brill Visits the Baronet von Merores
14. Blanche Reports on the Insane Poet; Herr Adamowski Comes to Tea
15. Journalistic Activities of Herr Alexianu and Professor Feuer; Death of Old Paşcanu
16. Tanya’s Generosity; Herr Adamowski Contemplates the Times
17. Many Eyes: A Sports Fest in Czernopol
18. Farewell to Childhood and to Herr Tarangolian
19. Frau Lyubanarov Goes to the Asylum; Tildy shoots at Nâstase
20. Love and Death of the Ermine
Biographical Notes
