The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 118
... town had been famous for its puddles . Every year Konotop's long - suffering horses would sink into them . The expression ' in its time ' seemed mysterious . What did ' in its time ' mean ? Obviously the reference was to the time of its ...
... town had been famous for its puddles . Every year Konotop's long - suffering horses would sink into them . The expression ' in its time ' seemed mysterious . What did ' in its time ' mean ? Obviously the reference was to the time of its ...
Page 147
... town gates as we left for the melancholy plains of the Camargue . But there is , apparently , no such thing as an unmixed blessing . In that delightful little town I discovered that I had left Imard's address in Paris or perhaps lost it ...
... town gates as we left for the melancholy plains of the Camargue . But there is , apparently , no such thing as an unmixed blessing . In that delightful little town I discovered that I had left Imard's address in Paris or perhaps lost it ...
Page 192
... town to be more attractive than it in fact was . From afar I had pictured it shaded from the burning sun by old ... town ( the town was situated beyond the river Rioni ) . It was surprising the tram was not burnt up by the sun in the ...
... town to be more attractive than it in fact was . From afar I had pictured it shaded from the burning sun by old ... town ( the town was situated beyond the river Rioni ) . It was surprising the tram was not burnt up by the sun in the ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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