Introduction: The risk of an impossibility -- Florence, 2010 : the book that I actually read (but did not photocopy) -- London, 1824 : 'scandalous' memoirs -- Paris, 1922 : memory is the best critic -- Poland, 1942 : the Messiah has arrived in Sambor -- Moscow, 1852 : a 'divine comedy' of the steppes -- British Columbia, 1944 : it isn't easy living in a cabin -- Catalonia, 1940 : a heavy black suitcase -- London, 1963 : I guess you could say I've a call.
