Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Verena Andermatt Conley -- 1. "Sunday, before falling asleep": A Primal Scene -- 2. Agua viva: How to Follow a Trinket of Water -- 3. The Apple in the Dark: The Temptation of Understanding -- 4. "The Egg and the Chicken": Love Is Not Having -- 5. " Felicidade clandestina'': The Promise of Having What One Will Have -- 6. The Hour of the Star: How Does One Desire Wealth or Poverty? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.