Under the Jaguar Sun

The titular story Sotto il sole giaguaro was originally published as Sapore sapere ("learning to taste") in the June 1982 edition of FMR, an Italian magazine.

[1] In the 1988 English translation by William Weaver, the works are arranged by length, beginning with "Under the Jaguar Sun" followed by "A King Listens" and lastly "The Name, The Nose.

It states that the English language copyright is 1988 by Harcourt, Inc. Sotto il sole giaguaro involves a couple on vacation in Mexico, experiencing difficulties in their relationship.

In the story, a palace becomes a giant ear and a King is obsessed by fears of rebellion which send him toward a state of restless aural surveillance.

[4] The story was made into an eponymous opera work by the composer Luciano Berio, and served as basis for Myriorama[5][6] (2004), a telematic dance piece by ambientTV.NET[7] in collaboration with kondition pluriel,[8] which questioned surveillance of daily life through networked telecommunication technologies.