The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 12
... colour to paint the walls . Then we painted them orange . Attractive , isn't it ? ' ' Very attractive , ' I said , looking at the walls painted a cheap , grey colour . ' Very . ' ' Mother says that even on a dull day we have the ...
... colour to paint the walls . Then we painted them orange . Attractive , isn't it ? ' ' Very attractive , ' I said , looking at the walls painted a cheap , grey colour . ' Very . ' ' Mother says that even on a dull day we have the ...
Page 36
... colour of the narrative as he thinks fit . It was of this and of much else that we spoke in the dark canteen . The winter came , shaggy and full of sleep . The lamps were lit at two o'clock in the afternoon . The snow outside assumed a ...
... colour of the narrative as he thinks fit . It was of this and of much else that we spoke in the dark canteen . The winter came , shaggy and full of sleep . The lamps were lit at two o'clock in the afternoon . The snow outside assumed a ...
Page 107
... colour of their eyes in the photographs , but I imagined them to be grey . The colour suited the girls ' friendly faces and the half - smiles on their lips . My own childhood was passed in a family where life was un- stable and troubled ...
... colour of their eyes in the photographs , but I imagined them to be grey . The colour suited the girls ' friendly faces and the half - smiles on their lips . My own childhood was passed in a family where life was un- stable and troubled ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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