Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 27
... hundred roubles printed on the backs of playing cards , issued by some god - forsaken town in the Ukraine . There were Odessa notes with views of the stock exchange , there were White- Guard ' bells ' and ' caps ' , Ukrainian ' silver ...
... hundred roubles printed on the backs of playing cards , issued by some god - forsaken town in the Ukraine . There were Odessa notes with views of the stock exchange , there were White- Guard ' bells ' and ' caps ' , Ukrainian ' silver ...
Page 117
... hundred thousand roubles . Only twenty years later did the truth come out in Moscow , and Reginin , shaking with his usual silent laughter , gave me the two hundred thousand back , in the form of two ten - rouble notes of the 1939 issue ...
... hundred thousand roubles . Only twenty years later did the truth come out in Moscow , and Reginin , shaking with his usual silent laughter , gave me the two hundred thousand back , in the form of two ten - rouble notes of the 1939 issue ...
Page 140
... hundred pages . ' Know what that is ? ' I had no idea . Was it possible that Babel had at last written a full length novella and kept it a secret from all of us ? I could not believe it . Babel , whose short stories were almost like ...
... hundred pages . ' Know what that is ? ' I had no idea . Was it possible that Babel had at last written a full length novella and kept it a secret from all of us ? I could not believe it . Babel , whose short stories were almost like ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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