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Page 24
... cigarette after cigarette in his sinewy fingers . He never used to talk with us . He would rub the hair on the back of our heads with his heavy hand , and give us the lilac - colored paper from his tobacco pack- ages . We used to go ...
... cigarette after cigarette in his sinewy fingers . He never used to talk with us . He would rub the hair on the back of our heads with his heavy hand , and give us the lilac - colored paper from his tobacco pack- ages . We used to go ...
Page 237
... cigarette . I smoked the cigarette , and left the butt on a window sill we had agreed on . Kasimir didn't notice anything . He sat there in his chair , chewing at a sandwich . This was the end of my assignment . Littauer followed me ...
... cigarette . I smoked the cigarette , and left the butt on a window sill we had agreed on . Kasimir didn't notice anything . He sat there in his chair , chewing at a sandwich . This was the end of my assignment . Littauer followed me ...
Page 327
... cigarette case on a cot and force us to look at it steadily until it disappeared in front of our eyes , as if it had vanished into thin air . All this time Sokolovsky would be sitting there with his hands stuffed into his trouser ...
... cigarette case on a cot and force us to look at it steadily until it disappeared in front of our eyes , as if it had vanished into thin air . All this time Sokolovsky would be sitting there with his hands stuffed into his trouser ...
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The Death of My Father | 3 |
Carp | 16 |
The Pink Oleanders | 29 |
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