The Story of a Life: In that dawnPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 18
... horse and cart , through forest and wasteland , from Chernobyl to Kopan . The horses plodded on at a walk . The wheels creaked , the ancient harness smelled of tar . The driver , a little old man in a threadbare brown Ukrainian cloak ...
... horse and cart , through forest and wasteland , from Chernobyl to Kopan . The horses plodded on at a walk . The wheels creaked , the ancient harness smelled of tar . The driver , a little old man in a threadbare brown Ukrainian cloak ...
Page 131
... horse rather than a railway coach , or say an engine , was a mystery . But the hopes of the Kiev housewives were not ... horses . The Gaidamaks , their heads shaven except for a single strand of blue - black hair hanging from under their ...
... horse rather than a railway coach , or say an engine , was a mystery . But the hopes of the Kiev housewives were not ... horses . The Gaidamaks , their heads shaven except for a single strand of blue - black hair hanging from under their ...
Page 145
... horses had coloured ribbons in their manes . The church was only a couple of hundred yards from the house , but the guests mounted the carriages and dashed round and round the church to the sound of jingling bells and rollicking song ...
... horses had coloured ribbons in their manes . The church was only a couple of hundred yards from the house , but the guests mounted the carriages and dashed round and round the church to the sound of jingling bells and rollicking song ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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