Preface -- pt. 1. The Sea -- book 1: Dragons (Taipei, Taiwan, 1961-1962) -- The Wall -- The Chicken Village -- Whispers -- Night Soil -- book 2: Gum (Bethesda, Maryland, 1962-1964) -- Cross my Heart -- Jap -- The Tomb -- American -- book 3: Rainlight (The Hague, The Netherlands, 1964-1968) -- Klompen -- Dutchies -- My Father's Bath -- The Pistol -- Nicole -- Home -- pt. 2. The Shore -- book 4: War (Washington D.C., 1968-1970) -- America the Ugly -- Words -- Raspberries -- The Secret -- book 5: Orchids (Kuching, East Malaysia, 1970) -- Colonial -- book 6: Moss (Kobe and Tokyo, Japan, 1970-1972) -- Gaijin -- Tachikawa -- Tea and Bean Cakes -- The Emissary -- My America
