Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 7
... town ; the shells burst in the sky with a faint crump . They left behind them a devastated city . The wind blew armfuls of half - burnt papers and greasy Denikin notes along the streets , piling them up against the drainpipes . The ...
... town ; the shells burst in the sky with a faint crump . They left behind them a devastated city . The wind blew armfuls of half - burnt papers and greasy Denikin notes along the streets , piling them up against the drainpipes . The ...
Page 33
... town was dominated by the port and its poor dockhands , tramps and layabouts - while the stubborn and resourceful middle class had dug in on the outskirts of the city . - During the Intervention , the workers who had stayed in Odessa ...
... town was dominated by the port and its poor dockhands , tramps and layabouts - while the stubborn and resourceful middle class had dug in on the outskirts of the city . - During the Intervention , the workers who had stayed in Odessa ...
Page 90
... town . They say the situation now requires Urgent action to put them down . This could be sung for ever , the name of the town varying at the performer's choice - Kiev , Yalta , Golta , Sochi or even far - away Vyatka . Songs continued ...
... town . They say the situation now requires Urgent action to put them down . This could be sung for ever , the name of the town varying at the performer's choice - Kiev , Yalta , Golta , Sochi or even far - away Vyatka . Songs continued ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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