The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 18
... Ryazan Province into two distinct parts : the north - all woods and marshes , and the south with its fields and gullies . Yekimovka , the village where Lipochka's father lived , was situated in the south , among endless 18 The Silent ...
... Ryazan Province into two distinct parts : the north - all woods and marshes , and the south with its fields and gullies . Yekimovka , the village where Lipochka's father lived , was situated in the south , among endless 18 The Silent ...
Page 19
... fields , untouched by a single sound apart from the distant hoot of the departing train , enveloped me . I stood for a while under the old elms on the platform and sniffed the long - forgotten smell of tar coming from cart - wheels . A ...
... fields , untouched by a single sound apart from the distant hoot of the departing train , enveloped me . I stood for a while under the old elms on the platform and sniffed the long - forgotten smell of tar coming from cart - wheels . A ...
Page 26
... fields was at its height . Some would bring presents for their families . After their husbands ' visits the women would walk about in new shoes , and the children blew little penny whistles and rattled rattles from morning till night ...
... fields was at its height . Some would bring presents for their families . After their husbands ' visits the women would walk about in new shoes , and the children blew little penny whistles and rattled rattles from morning till night ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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