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Page 24
A bullet went through Chekhov ' s portrait , smack into the wall . I found the
portrait later , buried under a heap of plaster . The bullet had hit Chekhov in the
chest , tearing a hole in his white piqué waistcoat . The crossfire crackled like
burning ...
A bullet went through Chekhov ' s portrait , smack into the wall . I found the
portrait later , buried under a heap of plaster . The bullet had hit Chekhov in the
chest , tearing a hole in his white piqué waistcoat . The crossfire crackled like
burning ...
Page 30
As I was running back , the sniper had found his target , and the bullet pierced a
tin drencing me with blood - red purée . We had not a crust of bread between us .
Cheese , salami , pickles , all had to be eaten without bread and washed down ...
As I was running back , the sniper had found his target , and the bullet pierced a
tin drencing me with blood - red purée . We had not a crust of bread between us .
Cheese , salami , pickles , all had to be eaten without bread and washed down ...
Page 79
A moment later , a bullet smacked into the pillar next to me , hissed and seemed
to turn back . As at a word of command , bullets began to ping systematically all
along the wall , fortunately above our heads . Oleg Leonidov shouted , ' To ...
A moment later , a bullet smacked into the pillar next to me , hissed and seemed
to turn back . As at a word of command , bullets began to ping systematically all
along the wall , fortunately above our heads . Oleg Leonidov shouted , ' To ...
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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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