The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 153
... Elista and the Kalmyk steppes . But the opportunity did not present itself , and I wandered about the town and along the banks of the Varvatsky canal . That murky and deserted canal made on me the impression of a faded dream . The only ...
... Elista and the Kalmyk steppes . But the opportunity did not present itself , and I wandered about the town and along the banks of the Varvatsky canal . That murky and deserted canal made on me the impression of a faded dream . The only ...
Page 155
... Elista we met only one hamlet built of adobe bricks . We skirted round it . A scorching sun beat upon the hamlet and the hamlet breathed out blistering heat even at a distance . Petrified camel dung stuck out of cracks in the walls ...
... Elista we met only one hamlet built of adobe bricks . We skirted round it . A scorching sun beat upon the hamlet and the hamlet breathed out blistering heat even at a distance . Petrified camel dung stuck out of cracks in the walls ...
Page 156
... Elista appeared in the distance - new , low - built houses , so many little cubes scattered without any visible plan up the slope of a hill like a flock of white sheep . In Elista I discovered that the main efforts of the authorities ...
... Elista appeared in the distance - new , low - built houses , so many little cubes scattered without any visible plan up the slope of a hill like a flock of white sheep . In Elista I discovered that the main efforts of the authorities ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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