Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 11
... Soviet money . We had enough salt fish for one day , and two stale rusks lying in the drawer of the desk . They gave out the same abominable smell of cloves and lysol as the Professor's books . We knew we should do something if we were ...
... Soviet money . We had enough salt fish for one day , and two stale rusks lying in the drawer of the desk . They gave out the same abominable smell of cloves and lysol as the Professor's books . We knew we should do something if we were ...
Page 41
... Soviet troops in Odessa . Meanwhile an Allied squadron was already cruising offshore , having sent the Italian mine sweeper Raccia ahead on reconnaissance . But an event took place which sharply changed the situation . The Raccia struck ...
... Soviet troops in Odessa . Meanwhile an Allied squadron was already cruising offshore , having sent the Italian mine sweeper Raccia ahead on reconnaissance . But an event took place which sharply changed the situation . The Raccia struck ...
Page 121
... Soviet writer . It has to be remembered that Soviet literature at the time was scarcely born , and that not a single new book had reached us in Odessa except Blok's The Twelve22 and a Russian translation of Barbusse's The Fire . They ...
... Soviet writer . It has to be remembered that Soviet literature at the time was scarcely born , and that not a single new book had reached us in Odessa except Blok's The Twelve22 and a Russian translation of Barbusse's The Fire . They ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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