The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 36
... sleep . The lamps were lit at two o'clock in the afternoon . The snow outside assumed a blue colour . Street lamps shed a yellow light , and the hydrangeas on their little tables took on new life and looked a 36 The Restless Years.
... sleep . The lamps were lit at two o'clock in the afternoon . The snow outside assumed a blue colour . Street lamps shed a yellow light , and the hydrangeas on their little tables took on new life and looked a 36 The Restless Years.
Page 45
... blue - elastic for ladies ' garters , no longer fit for wear as the elastic had long since perished . We reacted to NEP as to some- thing rather comic in every - day life . Jacob Ratzer , ' King of charcoal ' , was particularly famous ...
... blue - elastic for ladies ' garters , no longer fit for wear as the elastic had long since perished . We reacted to NEP as to some- thing rather comic in every - day life . Jacob Ratzer , ' King of charcoal ' , was particularly famous ...
Page 69
... blue waters of the Neva sparkled in front of me as I drove along the long and lofty bridge . - Above that regal expanse the sun shone brightly and silence reigned supreme . Not even silence , but something greater – a mute numbness ...
... blue waters of the Neva sparkled in front of me as I drove along the long and lofty bridge . - Above that regal expanse the sun shone brightly and silence reigned supreme . Not even silence , but something greater – a mute numbness ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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