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Page 122
The orderly on duty came up to me — a little man with sharp eyes, a face criss-
crossed with white scars, and a woman's lips, pursed in a cupid's bow tattooed on
the palm of his hand. When the hand lay flat, the lips were open as though for a ...
The orderly on duty came up to me — a little man with sharp eyes, a face criss-
crossed with white scars, and a woman's lips, pursed in a cupid's bow tattooed on
the palm of his hand. When the hand lay flat, the lips were open as though for a ...
Page 187
She lay face down on the bunk. Nobody spoke. 'And what the hell am I going to
Odessa for, what am I going to do there?' Lucienna said suddenly, without raising
her head. I got up and opened the door quietly. A litde dark-blue river was ...
She lay face down on the bunk. Nobody spoke. 'And what the hell am I going to
Odessa for, what am I going to do there?' Lucienna said suddenly, without raising
her head. I got up and opened the door quietly. A litde dark-blue river was ...
Page 198
A snub-nosed girl with cropped curly hair, dressed in a broadtail jacket and riding
breeches, smiled all over her face as she pointed a Mauser at us. A soldier in a
French steel helmet, his face covered with black stubble, pushed up her arm, ...
A snub-nosed girl with cropped curly hair, dressed in a broadtail jacket and riding
breeches, smiled all over her face as she pointed a Mauser at us. A soldier in a
French steel helmet, his face covered with black stubble, pushed up her arm, ...
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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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| 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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