On the Golden PorchThirteen stories--by the first woman in years to rank among Russia's most important writers--celebrate courage and the will to endure among the people who live on the periphery of society but who dream with a redeeming passion. |
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Page 8
... door into the next room : they're having tea there , the orange lamp shade is glowing , and one of the adults is making forbidden braids in its fringe , “ ruining it . " Before the planes come back , I can leave my corporeal shell ...
... door into the next room : they're having tea there , the orange lamp shade is glowing , and one of the adults is making forbidden braids in its fringe , “ ruining it . " Before the planes come back , I can leave my corporeal shell ...
Page 15
... door is shut . The sun breaks through the matte glass . Noon spills gold onto the parquet floor . Silence . Beyond the door Maryvanna weeps , and complains about us . " I can't take any more ! What is this day after day , it gets worse ...
... door is shut . The sun breaks through the matte glass . Noon spills gold onto the parquet floor . Silence . Beyond the door Maryvanna weeps , and complains about us . " I can't take any more ! What is this day after day , it gets worse ...
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... door - silence . The night light was on . The black oxygen pillows were in the corner . Grandfather lay with open eyes , hands clutching the blanket . He went over , feeling cold ; guessing , he touched Grandfather's hand and recoiled ...
... door - silence . The night light was on . The black oxygen pillows were in the corner . Grandfather lay with open eyes , hands clutching the blanket . He went over , feeling cold ; guessing , he touched Grandfather's hand and recoiled ...
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Alexandra Ernestovna Alisa Alkonost Anastasia bird blue cold corner Crimea dacha dark door everything eyes face Fedya feet Filin finger floated flowers fur coat Galya girl glass golden hair hands head heart horrible hurried Ignatiev Isolde Ivan Nikolayevich jangle kitchen laughed legs Lenochka light listen little Vera live look marry Maryvanna morning mother mouth Nanny night Nikolai nose Okkervil River old woman Panya Pavel Antonovich Perlovka Peters Petya Petyunya pink Pipka processed cheese pulled Rimma rubles rustling Seryozha shouted Simeonov Sirin sleep smell smiling smoke someone Sonya stared Svetlana sweet Tamila Tatyana Tolstaya things trembling turned Uncle Borya Uncle Pasha Valerik Vasilevna Vassily Mikhailovich Vera Vasilevna Vladimir waiting warm watch waved what's whispered wind window women yellow Yevgeniya Ivanovna Yura Zoya