The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 24
... floor . It was heated in times of great frost . The summer church was accommodated upstairs , on the first floor . It was light , and now flooded by the sun . The watery frescoes looked pink in its rays . Father Peter put on his stole ...
... floor . It was heated in times of great frost . The summer church was accommodated upstairs , on the first floor . It was light , and now flooded by the sun . The watery frescoes looked pink in its rays . Father Peter put on his stole ...
Page 33
... floor . The canteen sold beer . Layers of tobacco smoke drifted permanently under the can- teen's ancient vaults ... floors and steam . The flower pots no longer had cigarette stubs in them . The old heating system hissed . Outside ...
... floor . The canteen sold beer . Layers of tobacco smoke drifted permanently under the can- teen's ancient vaults ... floors and steam . The flower pots no longer had cigarette stubs in them . The old heating system hissed . Outside ...
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... floor with one foot tied to a peg by a thin fishing line , and hides himself nearby . The bird hops about on the threshing floor , picks at the grain , twitters , deceives the free birds and they fly down on to the threshing floor ...
... floor with one foot tied to a peg by a thin fishing line , and hides himself nearby . The bird hops about on the threshing floor , picks at the grain , twitters , deceives the free birds and they fly down on to the threshing floor ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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