The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 53
... walked next to me in the crowd . For a long time we walked in silence . Then Zuzenko shivered and said crossly : ' How damn cold ! As cold as in a polar cod canteen ! ' ( This was how he referred contemptuously to all polar countries ...
... walked next to me in the crowd . For a long time we walked in silence . Then Zuzenko shivered and said crossly : ' How damn cold ! As cold as in a polar cod canteen ! ' ( This was how he referred contemptuously to all polar countries ...
Page 54
... walked past the bier and even more slowly walked out of the Hall of Pillars . Every one in the crowd looked back and slowed down his pace , trying in that last glimpse to retain in his memory all he had just seen - Lenin's face , his ...
... walked past the bier and even more slowly walked out of the Hall of Pillars . Every one in the crowd looked back and slowed down his pace , trying in that last glimpse to retain in his memory all he had just seen - Lenin's face , his ...
Page 58
... walked two kilometres when I felt giddy . I wanted to sit down on the bank , right there in the snow , and rest a little . But I knew that in such a frost that must not be done . And so I kept going , stumbling as I walked , though I ...
... walked two kilometres when I felt giddy . I wanted to sit down on the bank , right there in the snow , and rest a little . But I knew that in such a frost that must not be done . And so I kept going , stumbling as I walked , though I ...
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Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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