The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 103
... road , or a girl's face would appear for a moment at the window of a forester's cottage . Ah , to stop and go into the cottage , gaze at the dark and troubled eyes - and continue on one's way to the sound of pine trees , the tremor of ...
... road , or a girl's face would appear for a moment at the window of a forester's cottage . Ah , to stop and go into the cottage , gaze at the dark and troubled eyes - and continue on one's way to the sound of pine trees , the tremor of ...
Page 154
... road . Not one of the eagles so much as 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 ...
... road . Not one of the eagles so much as 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 ...
Page 180
... road trying very carefully to unroll the spiral shoot of a young fern . What for ? Just in order to breathe in the tiny bit of cold air tightly sealed within it . There was a smell of pine all around me . Last year's dried - up berries ...
... road trying very carefully to unroll the spiral shoot of a young fern . What for ? Just in order to breathe in the tiny bit of cold air tightly sealed within it . There was a smell of pine all around me . Last year's dried - up berries ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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