The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 58
... fish scales , fell occasionally from the tops of trees . Every snow - laden tree stood guard over this quiet wintry desert . I stood and waited . I tried to convince myself that in that fragile silence I was certain to hear the combined ...
... fish scales , fell occasionally from the tops of trees . Every snow - laden tree stood guard over this quiet wintry desert . I stood and waited . I tried to convince myself that in that fragile silence I was certain to hear the combined ...
Page 195
... fish ' . He explained Gab- unia's ' queerness ' ( an inclination for philosophy and poetry ) by his bouts of malaria . Malaria is a marsh fever which dulls a man's sense of reality and causes some confusion in his thoughts . On the ...
... fish ' . He explained Gab- unia's ' queerness ' ( an inclination for philosophy and poetry ) by his bouts of malaria . Malaria is a marsh fever which dulls a man's sense of reality and causes some confusion in his thoughts . On the ...
Page 212
... fish in the neighbouring stream Ruza . The poet would follow me , but instead of fishing would sit next to me and read aloud his own and other people's poetry . Several times I hinted that fish were afraid of noise and kept away from ...
... fish in the neighbouring stream Ruza . The poet would follow me , but instead of fishing would sit next to me and read aloud his own and other people's poetry . Several times I hinted that fish were afraid of noise and kept away from ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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