The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 71
... called to me . We had to go to the Tovarishch . She was dressed in flags , moored at the granite quay . Lunch was served on deck on long tables . The tables were strewn with field flowers and ordinary grass . Just before lunch Lukhmanov ...
... called to me . We had to go to the Tovarishch . She was dressed in flags , moored at the granite quay . Lunch was served on deck on long tables . The tables were strewn with field flowers and ordinary grass . Just before lunch Lukhmanov ...
Page 84
... called ' Farsi ' and , hence , all the areas of the country where that language is spoken could be called Farsistan . Babel heard of this short story and asked me to let him read it . At first , it gave me a terrible fright and I ...
... called ' Farsi ' and , hence , all the areas of the country where that language is spoken could be called Farsistan . Babel heard of this short story and asked me to let him read it . At first , it gave me a terrible fright and I ...
Page 125
... called ' Amerikankas ' in those days . Now they are called ' run - ups ' or ' shalmans ' . Our readings were a kind of literary ' Amerikanka ' . Each read out an excerpt from his own work - drank as it were , a mug of beer . This ...
... called ' Amerikankas ' in those days . Now they are called ' run - ups ' or ' shalmans ' . Our readings were a kind of literary ' Amerikanka ' . Each read out an excerpt from his own work - drank as it were , a mug of beer . This ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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