Learning to Swim: And Other Stories

Acknowledgments

The stories in this collection first appeared as follows: “Seraglio,” “Hoffmeier’s Antelope,” “The Hypochondriac,” and “Hotel” in the London Magazine; “Gabor” and “The Son” in Punch; “Learning to Swim” in New Stories 3 and “Cliffedge” in New Stories 5; “The Watch” in Firebird 1; “Chemistry” in Winter’s Tales 27; and as a broadcast on BBC Radio 3. “The Hypochondriac” has also appeared in Formations (University of Wisconsin Press).