The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 19
... stood for a while under the old elms on the platform and sniffed the long - forgotten smell of tar coming from cart - wheels . A cart was tied to one of the elms . A grey gelding was dozing between its shafts , its dry skin occasionally ...
... stood for a while under the old elms on the platform and sniffed the long - forgotten smell of tar coming from cart - wheels . A cart was tied to one of the elms . A grey gelding was dozing between its shafts , its dry skin occasionally ...
Page 58
... 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 howl of all the factory sirens of Moscow when the coffin was being lowered into ...
... 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 howl of all the factory sirens of Moscow when the coffin was being lowered into ...
Page 207
... stood overlooking the gullies formed by the Vertushinka . After the revolution it was turned into a rest home for writers , called ' Maleyevka ' . I spent three months in ' Maleyevka ' after my illness to rest and regain my strength ...
... stood overlooking the gullies formed by the Vertushinka . After the revolution it was turned into a rest home for writers , called ' Maleyevka ' . I spent three months in ' Maleyevka ' after my illness to rest and regain my strength ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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