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Page 35
A wisp of blue smoke floated upward. The dogs barked and rushed around us.
Somewhere a frightened chicken cackled. "Salute to life!" the artist said. "It's
devilishly wonderful to be alive!" We went up to the house surrounded by excited
...
A wisp of blue smoke floated upward. The dogs barked and rushed around us.
Somewhere a frightened chicken cackled. "Salute to life!" the artist said. "It's
devilishly wonderful to be alive!" We went up to the house surrounded by excited
...
Page 117
A dull sky was turning blue over the Dnieper. "It's bad, Georgi Maximovich,"
Vrubel said. He slapped his flaccid cheeks and laughed. "I'm bored with carrying
around this disgusting envelop I'm in." I only understood part of what Vrubel said,
...
A dull sky was turning blue over the Dnieper. "It's bad, Georgi Maximovich,"
Vrubel said. He slapped his flaccid cheeks and laughed. "I'm bored with carrying
around this disgusting envelop I'm in." I only understood part of what Vrubel said,
...
Page 140
And the Samokhin boy continued for a long time, whenever he saw me, to hide
behind his gate and yell out at me: "Blue beef!" Gymnasium students were called
this because of our blue caps. But his teasing no longer made the slightest ...
And the Samokhin boy continued for a long time, whenever he saw me, to hide
behind his gate and yell out at me: "Blue beef!" Gymnasium students were called
this because of our blue caps. But his teasing no longer made the slightest ...
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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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