The Story of a Life: In that dawnPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 57
... river , escaped from the city , rustled , winding past the trees . The river had a chilly smell of mud and rotting timber piles . The deserted houses were dark , and the peonies , planted in their gardens long ago , blossomed in ...
... river , escaped from the city , rustled , winding past the trees . The river had a chilly smell of mud and rotting timber piles . The deserted houses were dark , and the peonies , planted in their gardens long ago , blossomed in ...
Page 72
... river , leafy slopes ran down from Noyevsky Park to the edge of the water . The faint film of oil on the water made rainbow patterns weaving in and out as on a gypsy's shawl . A boy with a boat would row me across to Noyevsky Park ...
... river , leafy slopes ran down from Noyevsky Park to the edge of the water . The faint film of oil on the water made rainbow patterns weaving in and out as on a gypsy's shawl . A boy with a boat would row me across to Noyevsky Park ...
Page 95
... river nearby where the water - lilies were in cool full blossom . I would sit , swinging my legs , in the open door of the wagon , and the wind , warmed by the earth , would blow in my face , while I watched the long , scurrying shadows ...
... river nearby where the water - lilies were in cool full blossom . I would sit , swinging my legs , in the open door of the wagon , and the wind , warmed by the earth , would blow in my face , while I watched the long , scurrying shadows ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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