The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1974 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 85
... wrote down the figures on the wall ? ' ' He only wrote down the total . ' - ' And what for ? You don't know ? That's just it . One can never guess what that man is thinking about . A ghastly disposition . ' Babel came back as promised ...
... wrote down the figures on the wall ? ' ' He only wrote down the total . ' - ' And what for ? You don't know ? That's just it . One can never guess what that man is thinking about . A ghastly disposition . ' Babel came back as promised ...
Page 121
... wrote a book about our remarkable botanist Vavilov : Caravans , Roads and Ears of Wheat . Vavilov set himself the task of ' mobilizing the vegetable capital of the entire world ' and con- centrating in the USSR the whole stock of high ...
... wrote a book about our remarkable botanist Vavilov : Caravans , Roads and Ears of Wheat . Vavilov set himself the task of ' mobilizing the vegetable capital of the entire world ' and con- centrating in the USSR the whole stock of high ...
Page 180
... wrote a few words about Karelia I would immediately be assailed by the smell of pine and juniper . It would percolate into the room from somewhere , though there were no pines or juniper trees around , only limes losing their blossom ...
... wrote a few words about Karelia I would immediately be assailed by the smell of pine and juniper . It would percolate into the room from somewhere , though there were no pines or juniper trees around , only limes losing their blossom ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
Copyright | |
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