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... living as though inside a novel or a story . This need to look at life through a magnifying glass came upon me very strongly in Odessa and was no doubt connected with my wanderings about the port , and the peaceful hours I spent on the ...
... living as though inside a novel or a story . This need to look at life through a magnifying glass came upon me very strongly in Odessa and was no doubt connected with my wanderings about the port , and the peaceful hours I spent on the ...
Page 115
... living , for in those days , no one except Izya Livshitz went in for stereoscopic photographs , and even Izya bought them only out of pity . The old man kept a dusty globe with faded colours standing on the pavement beside him . For ...
... living , for in those days , no one except Izya Livshitz went in for stereoscopic photographs , and even Izya bought them only out of pity . The old man kept a dusty globe with faded colours standing on the pavement beside him . For ...
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... living , earthy , grunting , cough- ing , winking at each other and nodding at Babel , who already was said in Odessa to be as clever as Gorky . Long before the stories were published , Babel told us about old Guedalla who dreamed of an ...
... living , earthy , grunting , cough- ing , winking at each other and nodding at Babel , who already was said in Odessa to be as clever as Gorky . Long before the stories were published , Babel told us about old Guedalla who dreamed of an ...
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