... park, and read books in school—Murasaki, Chopin, Cather, Ellison, Morrison,Ferenc, Sabinsdaughter. As a child, he had loved the Alice books, and Flatland, and Maria Hidalgo’s kids’ stories, and ... blew away. Icould make out my surroundings and realized I was not far from home. Itried to stand, but a wave of nausea swept over me and I leaned onehand against the bole of a tree, bent over, ... hollow log and made my way in the lesseningdarkness back home. My legs felt as heavy as iron.When I reached the house, I crept quietly into the kitchen, undressed, and washed my face and hands with...