The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 102
... appeared anywhere he was im- mediately buried under an avalanche of ridiculous accusations . Platonov wrote a short story called ' A Thunderstorm in July ' . I do not think I know anything in modern literature more clear , more ...
... appeared anywhere he was im- mediately buried under an avalanche of ridiculous accusations . Platonov wrote a short story called ' A Thunderstorm in July ' . I do not think I know anything in modern literature more clear , more ...
Page 170
... appeared to me particularly touching ) . I went to bed quietly so as not to wake up the girls , and could not fall asleep for a long time listening to their calm breathing and occasional sighs . And for some reason they appeared to me ...
... appeared to me particularly touching ) . I went to bed quietly so as not to wake up the girls , and could not fall asleep for a long time listening to their calm breathing and occasional sighs . And for some reason they appeared to me ...
Page 199
... appeared in the hole . I still remember his face . I had never before seen anything more sinister , and probably never will . His flabby face appeared to me enormous . It was clean shaven . The man was calmly and slowly moving his lips ...
... appeared in the hole . I still remember his face . I had never before seen anything more sinister , and probably never will . His flabby face appeared to me enormous . It was clean shaven . The man was calmly and slowly moving his lips ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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