Kamchatka by Figueras, Marcelo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication First Period: Biology

1 THE LAST WORD 2 ALL THINGS REMOTE 3 I AM LEFT WITH NO UNCLES 4 AN INCONVENIENT PATRIARCH 5 A SCIENTIFIC DIGRESSION 6 FANTASTIC VOYAGE 7 ENTER BERTUCCIO 8 THE PRINCIPLE OF NECESSITY 9 THE ROCK 10 A SHORT FAMILY PARENTHESIS 11 LET’S GO 12 THE CITROËN 13 ENTER THE MIDGET 14 BLIND IN THE FACE OF DANGER 15 WHAT I KNEW 16 ENTER DAVID VINCENT 17 NIGHT FALLS 18 SIRENS

Second Period: Geography

19 ‘OURS WAS THE MARSH COUNTRY’ 20 THE SWIMMING POOL 21 THE MYSTERIOUS HOUSE 22 I FIND TREASURE 23 HOUDINI ESCAPES . . . 24 FUGITIVES 25 WE ASSUME NEW IDENTITIES 26 STRATEGY AND TACTICS 27 WE FIND A DEAD BODY 28 A PEACEABLE INTERREGNUM 29 WE FIND OURSELVES ALONE 30 A DECISION AT DAWN 31 A FOOLPROOF PLAN 32 CYRUS AND THE RIVER 33 WHAT THEY KNEW 34 THE MATILDE PERMUTATION 35 THE EXPERIMENT FAILS 36 MONSTERS 37 THE ICE MAIDEN 38 THE DEADLY SURPRISE 39 ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

Third Period: Language

40 ENTER LUCAS 41 A HOUSE POSSESSED 42 IN PRAISE OF WORDS 43 LUCAS HAS A GIRLFRIEND 44 I AM FOUND OUT 45 I AM DELIVERED UP TO A TRIBE OF CANNIBALS 46 AMONG THE BEASTS 47 I LEARN TO BREATHE 48 AN UNFINISHED SONG 49 IN WHICH I DISCOVER THAT SOMEONE I LOVE VERY MUCH IS NOT PERFECT 50 SHAME 51 IN WHICH I BECOME A MAN OF MYSTERY 52 MISTER CORPUSCLE 53 THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE 54 THIS YEAR’S MODEL 55 I FIND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A 3-D MOVIE 56 NOT SINGLE SPIES, BUT IN BATTALIONS 57 A PIECE OF BAD NEWS TURNS OUT TO BE GOOD 58 A PICNIC IN THE RAIN 59 THE MOST TREACHEROUS SEASON 60 HEAVEN HELPS ME HOLD MY BREATH 61 ON THE ART OF THE MILANESA 62 WE RECEIVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT 63 THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

Fourth Period: Astronomy

64 DORREGO 65 IN WHICH WE VISIT THE FARM AND I BECOME A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT 66 THE LARVAE 67 GRANDMA’S TIME MACHINE 68 A TRIP TO ATLANTIS 69 IN WHICH I PLAY THE SPY AND HEAR SOMETHING I SHOULDN’T 70 OF THE STARS 71 IN WHICH WE CONTEMPLATE THE STARS AND DISCOVER MORE THINGS THAN CAN BE CONTAINED WITHIN THIS CHAPTER TITLE

Fifth Period: History

72 CONCERNING (UN)HAPPY ENDINGS 73 CONCERNING THE BEST STORIES 74 IN WHICH WE RETURN HOME, TO FIND NOTHING BUT DARKNESS 75 IN WHICH I MAKE MY DEBUT AS AN ESCAPE ARTIST 76 IN WHICH WE PLAY RISK AND I TURN THE TABLES – WELL, ALMOST 77 A VISION 78 IN WHICH HOUSES CRUMBLE 79 THE PRINCIPLE OF NECESSITY II 80 IN WHICH SOME LOOSE ENDS ARE TIED UP 81 KAMCHATKA

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