The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 28
... moved the folds of her dress . She did not have a child in her arms . She was still innocent . And this charm of innocence turned the Italian madonna into a friend of the peasant girl Lusha from Yekimovka village in the Ryazan province ...
... moved the folds of her dress . She did not have a child in her arms . She was still innocent . And this charm of innocence turned the Italian madonna into a friend of the peasant girl Lusha from Yekimovka village in the Ryazan province ...
Page 53
... moved life . That move was like a geological shift which had shaken Russia to her foundations . The breath produced by thousands of men rose and spread like steam through the ice- cold Hall of Pillars . From time to time the smooth ...
... moved life . That move was like a geological shift which had shaken Russia to her foundations . The breath produced by thousands of men rose and spread like steam through the ice- cold Hall of Pillars . From time to time the smooth ...
Page 154
... moved , though the vehicle almost touched them as it tore past . The eagles did not even bother to turn their heads to look at us and at the dusty , thundering contraption in the body of which we shook and rattled , jammed between piles ...
... moved , though the vehicle almost touched them as it tore past . The eagles did not even bother to turn their heads to look at us and at the dusty , thundering contraption in the body of which we shook and rattled , jammed between piles ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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