Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 92
... remember who was that quite outstanding German poet who suddenly one day sat down and wrote doggerel ? All his talent had evaporated . Apparently , he had treated it with a carelessness amounting to criminal negligence . After that he ...
... remember who was that quite outstanding German poet who suddenly one day sat down and wrote doggerel ? All his talent had evaporated . Apparently , he had treated it with a carelessness amounting to criminal negligence . After that he ...
Page 146
... remember that white crust on Bagritsky's lips several years later , in Moscow . I was following his coffin . Behind us , the hooves of a cavalry squadron clicked on the cobbles . Ill and breathless , Samuel Marshak 25 walked beside me ...
... remember that white crust on Bagritsky's lips several years later , in Moscow . I was following his coffin . Behind us , the hooves of a cavalry squadron clicked on the cobbles . Ill and breathless , Samuel Marshak 25 walked beside me ...
Page 207
... remember you among my husband's friends , young man . And I never forget a face . So say what you have come for , but be clear and brief . ' Instead of replying , I handed her the note from the secretary of the Sailors ' Union . She ...
... remember you among my husband's friends , young man . And I never forget a face . So say what you have come for , but be clear and brief . ' Instead of replying , I handed her the note from the secretary of the Sailors ' Union . She ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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