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Page 98
He turned to the journalists: 'Your documents, please.' They reached for them
eagerly, but their hands were trembling. The Commissar waited patiently. He
examined each document, taking his time, and put them away in his pocket.
He turned to the journalists: 'Your documents, please.' They reached for them
eagerly, but their hands were trembling. The Commissar waited patiently. He
examined each document, taking his time, and put them away in his pocket.
Page 132
With incredible speed, he turned out daubs of pretty, old-world cottages, cherry
orchards, sunflowers, hollyhocks and village girls beribboned from head to toe.
Hardly had he finished one picture when he started on another — his output was
...
With incredible speed, he turned out daubs of pretty, old-world cottages, cherry
orchards, sunflowers, hollyhocks and village girls beribboned from head to toe.
Hardly had he finished one picture when he started on another — his output was
...
Page 192
My own passion for remembering developed too early — when I was still a boy —
and turned into a game. What I liked to recall was not the consecutive order of
events. Instead, I grouped them, as it were, under certain headings. Thus I would
...
My own passion for remembering developed too early — when I was still a boy —
and turned into a game. What I liked to recall was not the consecutive order of
events. Instead, I grouped them, as it were, under certain headings. Thus I would
...
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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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