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Page xxiv
... narrator's left , is a young , light - skinned black who , having been knifed in a fight , is partly paralyzed . Because of his extensive expe- rience in the infirmary , he is able to convince the narrator right off that he is in for ...
... narrator's left , is a young , light - skinned black who , having been knifed in a fight , is partly paralyzed . Because of his extensive expe- rience in the infirmary , he is able to convince the narrator right off that he is in for ...
Page xxv
... narrator . But one message has come through . “ What was certain in his look , I understood , was that we belonged ... narrator's fate to cross the river of death into that undiscovered country . The screens go up all around him and the ...
... narrator . But one message has come through . “ What was certain in his look , I understood , was that we belonged ... narrator's fate to cross the river of death into that undiscovered country . The screens go up all around him and the ...
Page xxix
... narrator of A Man Smiles at Death , whose imagination has heretofore been linked to malingering , cannot be overstressed . The attention accorded his narrative will determine the way he will henceforth see himself . But first , here is ...
... narrator of A Man Smiles at Death , whose imagination has heretofore been linked to malingering , cannot be overstressed . The attention accorded his narrative will determine the way he will henceforth see himself . But first , here is ...
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