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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 ...
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 ...
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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 .
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 .
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
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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