Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Introduction
Part One
Chapter 1
Time in Smithereens
The Egg in the Cage
Chapter 2
Character
Point of View
Return to Narration
Chapter 3
Art About Art
The Problem of Knowing the World
The Fiction of Possibility
Where is the Mainstream?
Part Two
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Shooting the Agate
Calling a Spade a Spade
Part Three
Chapter 8
May We Discover Meaning?
Who Is Crazy?
Chapter 9
How a Whale Means
Find the Hidden Meaning
Chapter 10
A Diatribe Against Purity
Chapter 11
Source Notes
Searchable Terms
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Books by Annie Dillard
Copyright
About the Publisher