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Page 16
The wind ruffled dozens of posters — accusing, denouncing, or calling for
restraint. The air was thick with the smell of printers' ink and of rye bread. The
village smell of bread was brought by the army. In spite of Kerensky's shrill orders
, the city ...
The wind ruffled dozens of posters — accusing, denouncing, or calling for
restraint. The air was thick with the smell of printers' ink and of rye bread. The
village smell of bread was brought by the army. In spite of Kerensky's shrill orders
, the city ...
Page 53
He began with an elaborate description of the smell of timbered Turkish houses
in general. They smelled, he said, of the warm dust of rotting wood and of honey,
especially on hot still afternoons when, if you touched the verandah railing ...
He began with an elaborate description of the smell of timbered Turkish houses
in general. They smelled, he said, of the warm dust of rotting wood and of honey,
especially on hot still afternoons when, if you touched the verandah railing ...
Page 200
We had to rinse our mouths after every meal to get rid of the smell. On rare
occasions, I bought roast chestnuts, sold in the street by old women in heavy
fringed shawls. They sat on low stools on the pavement, roasting the chestnuts
on braziers ...
We had to rinse our mouths after every meal to get rid of the smell. On rare
occasions, I bought roast chestnuts, sold in the street by old women in heavy
fringed shawls. They sat on low stools on the pavement, roasting the chestnuts
on braziers ...
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Contents
Whirlpool pagej 2 Blue Torches | 23 |
3 The Journalists Cafe | 56 |
4 The Hall with the Fountain | 58 |
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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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