The Story of a Life: In that dawnPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 31
... 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 ! ' I held up my hands . ' What've you got there , Dad ? ' a young voice asked from the corridor ...
... 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 ! ' I held up my hands . ' What've you got there , Dad ? ' a young voice asked from the corridor ...
Page 59
... Rifles were pointed at them . The commotion threatened to turn into a shoot- ing match . ' Comrades ! ' said Lenin . The ... rifle - butt digging into my ribs . The man behind me gripped my shoulder and squeezed it painfully from time to ...
... Rifles were pointed at them . The commotion threatened to turn into a shoot- ing match . ' Comrades ! ' said Lenin . The ... rifle - butt digging into my ribs . The man behind me gripped my shoulder and squeezed it painfully from time to ...
Page 85
... rifle - fire in the distance , and once I heard the muffled rumble of an explosion . I was dying to smoke . In the end I could bear it no longer— I got out my cigarettes , crouched on the floor behind the arm- chair , and struck a match ...
... rifle - fire in the distance , and once I heard the muffled rumble of an explosion . I was dying to smoke . In the end I could bear it no longer— I got out my cigarettes , crouched on the floor behind the arm- chair , and struck a match ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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