Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 13
... sleep . I awoke at dawn when the air outside looked like muddy water tinted with aquamarine . Even to the eye , it ... sleeping child . I waited for such a dream , but heard instead the angry hiss of the wind in the garden . Through it ...
... sleep . I awoke at dawn when the air outside looked like muddy water tinted with aquamarine . Even to the eye , it ... sleeping child . I waited for such a dream , but heard instead the angry hiss of the wind in the garden . Through it ...
Page 146
... sleeping in sleepy eternity's arms ' . It was almost dawn before he fell asleep . He slept sitting up , leaning against the wall of the verandah , and groaned in his deeply exhausting sleep . His face was drawn , wizened ; a crust , as ...
... sleeping in sleepy eternity's arms ' . It was almost dawn before he fell asleep . He slept sitting up , leaning against the wall of the verandah , and groaned in his deeply exhausting sleep . His face was drawn , wizened ; a crust , as ...
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... sleep . The crew want to send a wireless message to com- plain about you to the management and to your wife . ' " That's as may be , ' the Captain grinned . " The wireless operator won't send anything without my permission . But I'll go ...
... sleep . The crew want to send a wireless message to com- plain about you to the management and to your wife . ' " That's as may be , ' the Captain grinned . " The wireless operator won't send anything without my permission . But I'll go ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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