The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 44
... knew the whole thing was bogus . Generally speaking , our attitude to NEP was sceptical . We all knew that NEP was no more than a temporary phenomenon , that from the very hour of its birth it already had one foot in the grave and that ...
... knew the whole thing was bogus . Generally speaking , our attitude to NEP was sceptical . We all knew that NEP was no more than a temporary phenomenon , that from the very hour of its birth it already had one foot in the grave and that ...
Page 57
... knew what had to be done was gone . He knew . Tomorrow he would be lowered into the ice - cold earth . The very first night would bury the grave under the snow and would continue on its predetermined way with total indifference . I ...
... knew what had to be done was gone . He knew . Tomorrow he would be lowered into the ice - cold earth . The very first night would bury the grave under the snow and would continue on its predetermined way with total indifference . I ...
Page 58
... knew that in such a frost that must not be done . And so I kept going , stumbling as I walked , though I realized that it was senseless to go on and that I should turn back . Absurdly , I kept saying to myself : ' I shall just go as far ...
... knew that in such a frost that must not be done . And so I kept going , stumbling as I walked , though I realized that it was senseless to go on and that I should turn back . Absurdly , I kept saying to myself : ' I shall just go as far ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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