The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 84
... fact , to the southern part of the country , where I had never been . But the sonorousness of the word Farsistan - ap- pealed to me so much that I disregarded accuracy and shifted the name from south to north . I consoled myself with the ...
... fact , to the southern part of the country , where I had never been . But the sonorousness of the word Farsistan - ap- pealed to me so much that I disregarded accuracy and shifted the name from south to north . I consoled myself with the ...
Page 104
... fact . Insults , duels , calumny , jealousy , bad temper - all this was the outward expression of their tragedy . It is understandable that a man should decide to leave this life out of despair and tiredness . But there is probably ...
... fact . Insults , duels , calumny , jealousy , bad temper - all this was the outward expression of their tragedy . It is understandable that a man should decide to leave this life out of despair and tiredness . But there is probably ...
Page 210
... fact of his rapidly approaching end . 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 ...
... fact of his rapidly approaching end . 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 ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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