' s ▁week - ends ▁dr illing ▁with ▁his ▁rif le ▁in ▁the ▁M V SN . ▁ ▁" The ▁Sor cer ers ", ▁published ▁in ▁Lil ith , ▁translated ▁by ▁Ann ▁Gold stein . ▁Two ▁modern ▁men ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁j ung le ▁studying ▁the ▁Sir ioni ▁Indians . ▁A ▁fire ▁w re cks ▁their ▁camp ▁and ▁they ▁lose ▁all ▁their ▁technology . ▁Now ▁they ▁have ▁no ▁tr icks ▁the ▁Indians ▁see ▁them ▁as ▁hel pl ess ▁bur dens . ▁Their ▁culture ▁leads ▁them ▁to ▁kill ▁the ▁bur dens ome . ▁▁ ▁" B ureau ▁of ▁V ital ▁Statistics ", ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁La ▁St ampa , ▁translated ▁by ▁Aless andra ▁Bast agli . ▁In ▁an ▁office ▁a ▁cl erk ▁receives ▁cards ▁every ▁day ▁on ▁his ▁des k ▁stating ▁the ▁future ▁date ▁of ▁death ▁of ▁individual ▁citizens . ▁His ▁job ▁is ▁to ▁assign ▁a ▁cause ▁of ▁death . ▁A ▁man ▁is ▁to ▁die ▁of ▁li ver ▁failure , ▁a ▁woman ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁crash . ▁But ▁then ▁he ▁has ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁cause ▁of ▁death ▁for ▁a ▁young ▁child . ▁He ▁cannot . ▁He ▁requests ▁a ▁transfer . ▁ ▁" The ▁Girl ▁in ▁the ▁Book ", ▁published ▁in ▁Lil ith , ▁translated ▁by ▁Ann ▁Gold stein . ▁Um berto ▁reads ▁about ▁a ▁fasc in ating ▁woman ▁in ▁the ▁mem oir ▁of ▁an ▁English ▁soldier . ▁He ▁recogn ises ▁the ▁name ▁and ▁rem embers ▁seeing ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁wall ▁of ▁a ▁house ▁by ▁the ▁sea . ▁He ▁introdu ces ▁himself ▁to ▁the ▁woman