Includes bibliographical references (p.263-302) and index.
Contents
Book I: Before. The origin -- Book II: Here goes nothing. In the beginning ; The light at the end of the tunnel ; Directions ; The geography of nowhere -- Book III: In residence. Foyer ; Living room ; Dinner party ; East Room West Wing ; A room of one's own ; The children's hour ; In the garden ; Reflecting pool -- Book IV: Public library. Dictionary of nothing ; The reading room ; Writers' room In the stacks ; Samuel Beckett ; Italo Calvino ; E.M. Cioran ; Edmond Jabes ; Thomas Merton ; Rumi ; William Shakespeare ; Poets' corner ; No exit ; The classics -- Book V: Concert Hall. Overture ; Silence of the spheres ; Symphonies of silence ; Moments of silence ; The audience -- Book VI: School. Knowing nothing ; The joy of unknowing ; Mathematics ; The arts ; Science sutra ; Creative thinking ; Paradoxical logic ; Master class ; Recess ; Final exam -- Book VII: Museum -- Permanent collection -- The moderns -- Warhol retrospective -- Gallery of blind spots -- In studio -- Nothing is beautiful -- Book VIII: Theater district -- Comedy tonight -- Mostly mystery -- Sing along -- In the wings -- Theater of the absurd -- Book IX: House of worship -- Nothing is sacred -- Seminary -- House of doubt -- Practicing nothing -- Book X: Downtown -- City hall -- At the office -- Inn on Main Street -- Restaurant -- Corner bar -- Wall Street -- Book XI: City limits -- This way out -- Tunnel at the end of the light -- Cemetery -- Last words -- After lite.
