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Page 84
Someone seized my arm, pulled me inside and the door slammed. I was in total
darkness. My arms were firmly gripped by several people. 'What's the matter?' I
asked coolly. The very words sounded idiotic, even to me. Nothing was the matter
...
Someone seized my arm, pulled me inside and the door slammed. I was in total
darkness. My arms were firmly gripped by several people. 'What's the matter?' I
asked coolly. The very words sounded idiotic, even to me. Nothing was the matter
...
Page 114
Pan Kturenda said he was feeling giddy and hung on to my arm, clearly afraid
that I would vanish down the nearest alley-way. At the recruiting office, we had to
stand in a queue. House superintendents, fat ledgers under their arms, were ...
Pan Kturenda said he was feeling giddy and hung on to my arm, clearly afraid
that I would vanish down the nearest alley-way. At the recruiting office, we had to
stand in a queue. House superintendents, fat ledgers under their arms, were ...
Page 197
This one carried a magnificent, glossy landau with a prince's gilded coat of arms
on the door. From one of its shafts, raised like a flag pole, fluttered a black banner
bearing the motto 'Anarchy Breeds Order'. A machine-gun stood at each corner ...
This one carried a magnificent, glossy landau with a prince's gilded coat of arms
on the door. From one of its shafts, raised like a flag pole, fluttered a black banner
bearing the motto 'Anarchy Breeds Order'. A machine-gun stood at each corner ...
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Contents
Whirlpool pagej 2 Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 56 |
4 The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1967 |
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