List of Illustrations viiiAcknowledgments xNote on Language xiiiIntroduction: Melancholy Sites 1Part 1 Fragment 131 Situation of the Obuje 152 Ears, Fragments, and the Pathos of Distance 43Part 2 Image 753 Object, Mirror, Stain 784 Narcissus at the Fountain 103Part 3 Absence 1255 Finding Despair in Landscape 1286 Cast Shadows 147Conclusion: On the Return to Things 173Notes 182Bibliography 207Index 219