Bitter English -- I. Rites of passage: Citizenship interview ; Jisr ; Map -- II. House : Pictures ; The house ; Lines of return ; House cleaning ; The hunt, a home ; The house, searched ; The bookcase -- III. Mother in between: Matters of light, fog, and sometimes smoke ; Pontificate ; Chronology ; Recycling ; Into his own -- IV. Dirty underworld: Grand ; Prayer ; Anniversary ; Love poem ; At the farmers' market ; At the post office ; Five hours, an autobiography ; Malmoum -- Epilogue. Another tongue sustains you.