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 13
... window . The heads are horrible , and the damp darkness of the archway is creepy , and Maryvanna is not family . High up , in the window , nose pressed against the dark glass , the hanged uncle waits , running his hands over the glass ...
... window . The heads are horrible , and the damp darkness of the archway is creepy , and Maryvanna is not family . High up , in the window , nose pressed against the dark glass , the hanged uncle waits , running his hands over the glass ...
Page 35
... window . Twenty - three neighbors were silent behind the clean white doors . Halfway down was a wall telephone . A white note tacked up once upon a time by Alexandra Ernestovna : " Fire - 01 . Emergency - 03 . In case of my death call ...
... window . Twenty - three neighbors were silent behind the clean white doors . Halfway down was a wall telephone . A white note tacked up once upon a time by Alexandra Ernestovna : " Fire - 01 . Emergency - 03 . In case of my death call ...
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... windows and doors , light the lamp , let's read out loud . But Grandfather is afraid , he watches the window anxiously ... window like that , what do you see there ? Those are just fir branches waving in the dark , it's just the wind ...
... windows and doors , light the lamp , let's read out loud . But Grandfather is afraid , he watches the window anxiously ... window like that , what do you see there ? Those are just fir branches waving in the dark , it's just the wind ...
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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