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Page 68
My tears poured down on the dusty window frame. I looked out of the window for
a long time, although I could no longer see either Mama or the platform, but only
the freight tracks, some switching engines, and the new Gothic Roman Catholic ...
My tears poured down on the dusty window frame. I looked out of the window for
a long time, although I could no longer see either Mama or the platform, but only
the freight tracks, some switching engines, and the new Gothic Roman Catholic ...
Page 69
I knelt on the radiator and leaned out the window. The train was crossing the
Dnieper on a bridge. I could see the Kiev Lavra,* in the distance, and the Dnieper
washing the sandy islands around the foundations of the bridge. "She's the
devil's ...
I knelt on the radiator and leaned out the window. The train was crossing the
Dnieper on a bridge. I could see the Kiev Lavra,* in the distance, and the Dnieper
washing the sandy islands around the foundations of the bridge. "She's the
devil's ...
Page 363
Some white umbrella-shaped flowers were blooming above the window sill. It
was so quiet that I could hear our horses snorting where they were tethered to the
trees in the garden. Then a slow rumbling rolled up from a great distance, passed
...
Some white umbrella-shaped flowers were blooming above the window sill. It
was so quiet that I could hear our horses snorting where they were tethered to the
trees in the garden. Then a slow rumbling rolled up from a great distance, passed
...
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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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