| Chapter 1 |
7-27 |
Isobe & dying wife; introduction to idea of reincarnation. |
| Chapter 2 |
28-33 |
Introductory meetings of those going on the pilgrimage to India. |
| Chapter 3 |
34-68 |
Flashback to Mitsuko’s days at University with Otsu: introduction to ideas of Christianity; Mitsuko’s sense of inner waste-land. |
| Chapter 4 |
69-83 |
Introduction of Numada, a children’s book writer. |
| Chapter 5 |
(84-103) |
Introduction to Kiguchi, a Burma trail survivor, and the Christ-figure Gaston, a male nurse in a Japanese hospital. |
| Chapter 6 |
(104-126) |
Mitsuko’s arrival in India; flashback to Otsu’s letters about his struggles with Christianity as he seeks Western ordination.
Introduction of Goddess Kali (in relation to Mitsuko) |
| Chapter 7 |
(127-147) |
Enami (the tour guide) shows group some Kali (Chamunda) sites. |
| Chapter 8 |
(148-168) |
Interrelationships of the pilgrims: Mitsuko-Kiguchi-Numada-Isobe. |
| Chapter 9 |
(169-181) |
Murder of Indira Gandhi; Mitsuko’s search for Otsu at the ghats. |
| Chapter 10 |
(182-189) |
Description of Otsu’s job: carrying dying people to the ghats |
| Chapter 11 |
(190-193) |
Otsu’s reflection on his job, his faith, his life. |
| Chapter 12 |
(194-204) |
Kiguchi talking to Mitsuko; Numada releasing his “substitute” bird |
| Chapter 13 |
(205-216) |
What happens when an insensitive Japanese tourist tries to photograph a death rite; Otsu’s intervention, sacrificial death. |
