A short and simple annal of mintal -- There's a war out there! -- By the tail of their lives -- The madonna face -- Love in the cornhusks -- A window in the war -- Now and at the hour -- Some assorted maniacs I know -- An interview with an "alleged rapist" -- Young liberator -- I survived close-range shotgun fire -- Liberation belle -- "Father dear, Mama doesn't want you at her funeral" -- Hacienda mercedes -- The chieftest mourner -- The man who chopped off his friend's head -- Adula -- My lola who rose from the dead -- Ah korea -- Death of a chinese icon -- The house of doors -- Ling who cried in the night -- The lion in my father dies -- The master sergeant and the ata baby.

One story and a playlet are set in Korea where after my marriage to an American embassy official I spent two years in Pusan and later three years in Seoul.