- An old man wakes up one morning to find that his beloved garden, the envy of all his neighbours, is floating away with him on board.
- A young woman moves to Buenos Aires, bringing with her a replacement head.
- A meek German missionary leaves Paraguay for the Pampas, completely unprepared for what he will encounter there.
Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical realism - but with Gallardo's distinctive, idiosyncratic slant.