The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 132
... Everything ! Everything had been studied ! Why had some cartographer Captain Butakov not left me an Aral Sea or something equally small , for me to sail over and make a thorough study of ? I would have done it with the greatest of ...
... Everything ! Everything had been studied ! Why had some cartographer Captain Butakov not left me an Aral Sea or something equally small , for me to sail over and make a thorough study of ? I would have done it with the greatest of ...
Page 210
... Everything pointed to it - the terrible pains , the bright , lemon - yellow colour of his skin and even the fact that the door to his flat remained open so that visitors should not ring or knock . The least little knock caused ...
... Everything pointed to it - the terrible pains , the bright , lemon - yellow colour of his skin and even the fact that the door to his flat remained open so that visitors should not ring or knock . The least little knock caused ...
Page 211
... Everything in this world could be accepted , everything but that coffin lid , but the solitude of the grave which had come to claim that stormy man . That year autumn was making rapid strides , morning frosts began early in the season ...
... Everything in this world could be accepted , everything but that coffin lid , but the solitude of the grave which had come to claim that stormy man . That year autumn was making rapid strides , morning frosts began early in the season ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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