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Page 85
This had obviously been long and laboriously picked at and pulled out by several
generations of children. Only a few bits of the inlay had remained. After that,
Babel, laughing to himself, stood for a long time examining the record of author's
...
This had obviously been long and laboriously picked at and pulled out by several
generations of children. Only a few bits of the inlay had remained. After that,
Babel, laughing to himself, stood for a long time examining the record of author's
...
Page 86
'Well now,' said Babel at last, 'what do you intend to do?' Bagritsky's silence
remained unbroken. Outside the door, Lucia continued her endless muttering. 'Of
course,' said Babel sadly, 'you would be quite capable of spending your entire
fees ...
'Well now,' said Babel at last, 'what do you intend to do?' Bagritsky's silence
remained unbroken. Outside the door, Lucia continued her endless muttering. 'Of
course,' said Babel sadly, 'you would be quite capable of spending your entire
fees ...
Page 87
He, therefore, interpreted everything we said quite literally, took fright,
immediately ran off to warn friends and caused senseless alarm. 'One hundred
per cent liars don't exist,' said Babel with conviction. 'Even Mark Twain was not an
absolute ...
He, therefore, interpreted everything we said quite literally, took fright,
immediately ran off to warn friends and caused senseless alarm. 'One hundred
per cent liars don't exist,' said Babel with conviction. 'Even Mark Twain was not an
absolute ...
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3 The Fourth Strip | 29 |
4 Night Trains | 40 |
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Aigues-Mortes asked Astrakhan Babel Bagritsky Bagritsky's banks Berezniki birds Black Sea boys breath Bulgakov Caspian Sea cigarettes Colchis cold colour course dark deserted Devonian dust Elista everything eyes face Father Peter felt flowers forests Gaidar Galya garden girls grey Gudok hand happened Hecht hundred roubles Ivanov Kalmyk Kalmyk steppes Kara-Bugaz Kiev knew Konotop Kostik Krasnovodsk Lake Onega light liman literary little town lived Livny looked Lusha Maleyevka Mayakovsky Meshchery Moscow Mother never night Nodia novelist Odessa Palace of Labour passengers Petrozavodsk poems poet poetry Poti Pushkino quiet rain river Roskin round Russian Ryazan seemed short story silence sitting smell smoke snow Solikamsk Soviet Stalin steamer steppes suddenly Tarusa Taya things thought tiny took train trees turned Vaso village voice walls warm window words writer wrote young Zuzenko
Bibliographic information
| Title | Story of a Life, Volume 6 Story of a Life, Story of a Life |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Translated by | Manya Harari |
| Publisher | Harvill Press, 1974 |
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