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In the muddy darkness of those Kiev evenings, their message seemed indeed as
clear and incorruptible as the stars. I lived alone. Mama and Galya were still
completely cut off from Kiev. I could get no news of them. I had decided that in
spring ...
In the muddy darkness of those Kiev evenings, their message seemed indeed as
clear and incorruptible as the stars. I lived alone. Mama and Galya were still
completely cut off from Kiev. I could get no news of them. I had decided that in
spring ...
Page 144
... symphony concerts, soldiers' dreams of quiet lakes and cheerful meadows,
and the shrill hysteria of man-hunts in the bazaars. In a flat crowded with pugs on
the floor below us, lived a harmless, decrepit old couple — engineer Belelyubsky
...
... symphony concerts, soldiers' dreams of quiet lakes and cheerful meadows,
and the shrill hysteria of man-hunts in the bazaars. In a flat crowded with pugs on
the floor below us, lived a harmless, decrepit old couple — engineer Belelyubsky
...
Page 205
The city lived from hand to mouth. According to official estimates, it ought long
before to have run out of food and fuel but, by some miracle, the supplies lasted.
There was electricity only in the centre, and even there it was dim and flickering.
The city lived from hand to mouth. According to official estimates, it ought long
before to have run out of food and fuel but, by some miracle, the supplies lasted.
There was electricity only in the centre, and even there it was dim and flickering.
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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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