| -4 | FOREWORD |
| THE VOLCANO | |
| 1 | [WE HAD LITTLE TIME LEFT.] |
| 12 | [ A SERENE AND MILDLY EXOTIC MOUNTAIN TOWN... ] |
| 15 | [ I CONTINUED MY ATTEMPTS... ] |
| 32 | [ WHEN I WOKE UP... ] |
| 51 | [ I GAVE THE SALITRE CLINIC... ] |
| 63 | [ ASTUTELY, THE GOVERNMENT MADE PEACE... ] |
| SKY OF THE LONG DAY | |
| 91 | [ THE RADIO BROADCASTS I MONITORED THAT DAY... ] |
| 123 | [ “DEPRESSIVE: ACUTE, SEVERE”... ] |
| 132 | [ ROSA’S BABY DIED NEAR DAWN. ] |
| 136 | [ THE CORN AND OTHER CROPS... ] |
| GUINDA | |
| 149 | [ AT FIRST, I WAS TOLD THAT JASMINE... ] |
| 155 | [ HE MADE HIMSELF A FURTHER NUISANCE... ] |
| WHITE FIRE | |
| 207 | [ I LEARNED FROM VETERANS... ] |
| 220 | [ THANKSGIVING CAME TWO WEEKS LATER. ] |
| 230 | [ THE SOUND OF THE LAND-ROVERS’... ] |
| 236 | [ IT WAS ALMOST DUSK... ] |
| EPILOGUE | |
| 261 | MARCH 1983 |
| 264 | APRIL 1983 |
| 267 | MAY 1983 |
| 268 | JUNE 1983 |
| 271 | JULY 1983 |
| 272 | AUGUST 1983 |
| 274 | SEPTEMBER 1983 |
| 275 | OCTOBER 1983 |
| 279 | NOVEMBER 1983 |
| 280 | DECEMBER 1983 |
| 282 | JANUARY 1984 |
| 284 | FEBRUARY 1984 |
| 288 | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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