Story of a Life, Volume 5Harvill P., 1965 |
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Page 93
... Boarding Houses . They are a cross between a doss house , a pub , a police cell for drunks and a brothel . Such a Boarding House existed in Batum too , but in modi- fied form without obvious signs of being either a pub or a brothel ...
... Boarding Houses . They are a cross between a doss house , a pub , a police cell for drunks and a brothel . Such a Boarding House existed in Batum too , but in modi- fied form without obvious signs of being either a pub or a brothel ...
Page 94
... Boarding House , they practically never reached it , but lay down anywhere , mainly in the shelter of some wall . There they were safe from the famous Batumi rain . Therefore it was peaceful , even serene , in the Boarding House at ...
... Boarding House , they practically never reached it , but lay down anywhere , mainly in the shelter of some wall . There they were safe from the famous Batumi rain . Therefore it was peaceful , even serene , in the Boarding House at ...
Page 95
... room , and not in some corner of it , but right in the middle . At dawn all Batumi rats went out to drink water at a stream at the back of the harbour . So did the Boarding House rats . They would come down from the attic in serried ...
... room , and not in some corner of it , but right in the middle . At dawn all Batumi rats went out to drink water at a stream at the back of the harbour . So did the Boarding House rats . They would come down from the attic in serried ...
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A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
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