The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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... asked Babel . ' Oh yes , of course , dear old Batum . Crushed tangerines on the cobble - stones and the hoarse singing of drainpipes ... Is all this in ? Or will it be ? ' It was not in the story , but because I was embarrassed I said ...
... asked Babel . ' Oh yes , of course , dear old Batum . Crushed tangerines on the cobble - stones and the hoarse singing of drainpipes ... Is all this in ? Or will it be ? ' It was not in the story , but because I was embarrassed I said ...
Page 203
... asked him , ' how did you get here ? ' But he did not answer nor even raise his eyes . Wincing with pain he was taking a dirty bandage all stiff with clotted blood off his leg . As he ripped it off , the bandage crackled like parch ...
... asked him , ' how did you get here ? ' But he did not answer nor even raise his eyes . Wincing with pain he was taking a dirty bandage all stiff with clotted blood off his leg . As he ripped it off , the bandage crackled like parch ...
Page 212
... asked us the same damned question : ' What kind of life does Svetlov describe ? ' ' Spanish , ' I replied with some ... asked ingenuously . ' Did Ehrenburg work in the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs , then ? What was his rank , do you ...
... asked us the same damned question : ' What kind of life does Svetlov describe ? ' ' Spanish , ' I replied with some ... asked ingenuously . ' Did Ehrenburg work in the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs , then ? What was his rank , do you ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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