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Page 31
An elderly man in a fur hat with ear flaps, a machine- gun ammunition belt slung
across his shoulder and a rifle in his hands, stood in the doorway. He gave me a
fixed, wild look, pointed his rifle at me and shouted: 'Don't move! Hands up!
An elderly man in a fur hat with ear flaps, a machine- gun ammunition belt slung
across his shoulder and a rifle in his hands, stood in the doorway. He gave me a
fixed, wild look, pointed his rifle at me and shouted: 'Don't move! Hands up!
Page 60
Now the hand on my shoulder lay heavy but relaxed. Its weight seemed friendly.
It was the hand the soldier would rest on the cropped heads of his children, back
in his village, as he sighed with relief: 'Well, at last we've got the land. Now all ...
Now the hand on my shoulder lay heavy but relaxed. Its weight seemed friendly.
It was the hand the soldier would rest on the cropped heads of his children, back
in his village, as he sighed with relief: 'Well, at last we've got the land. Now all ...
Page 103
We were halfway through and climbing up the other side when a man in a tall
military sheepskin hat and purple riding breeches came out of the wood. He held
a Mauser in his hand, and two canvas cartridge belts were crossed over his
breast.
We were halfway through and climbing up the other side when a man in a tall
military sheepskin hat and purple riding breeches came out of the wood. He held
a Mauser in his hand, and two canvas cartridge belts were crossed over his
breast.
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Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Cafe | 36 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life: In that dawn Volume 3 of The Story of a Life, Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2008 |
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