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Page 71
We drove into a pine forest and began to descend along a narrow rc-ad to a river.
The pine trees hid the moon and it grew very dark. We could hear voices along
the road. I began to feel a little scared. "Is that you, Nikita?" my uncle's familiar ...
We drove into a pine forest and began to descend along a narrow rc-ad to a river.
The pine trees hid the moon and it grew very dark. We could hear voices along
the road. I began to feel a little scared. "Is that you, Nikita?" my uncle's familiar ...
Page 274
singing of his fashionable verses began. His magic was in finding melody in
poetry composed of words which made no sense. Language existed for him
solely as a kind of music. He required nothing else. All human thought was
reduced to ...
singing of his fashionable verses began. His magic was in finding melody in
poetry composed of words which made no sense. Language existed for him
solely as a kind of music. He required nothing else. All human thought was
reduced to ...
Page 448
The water around me began to turn dark, with steel-colored ripples. I untied my
boat from Cherepakha and began to row toward Taganrog. The wind freshened
so fast that within a couple of minutes waves were beginning to break over the ...
The water around me began to turn dark, with steel-colored ripples. I untied my
boat from Cherepakha and began to row toward Taganrog. The wind freshened
so fast that within a couple of minutes waves were beginning to break over the ...
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Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life, Volume 2 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1967 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2009 |
| Length | 661 pages |
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