Story of a lifePantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 160
... smelt of sea and sun - even the kiosks where , once upon a time , cider had been sold . The cracking paint peeled off in diamond - shaped flakes and smelt of the heat of the sun . The empty zinc counters were green with the pollen of ...
... smelt of sea and sun - even the kiosks where , once upon a time , cider had been sold . The cracking paint peeled off in diamond - shaped flakes and smelt of the heat of the sun . The empty zinc counters were green with the pollen of ...
Page 161
... smelt of brine and steamed . Lizards ran about the orange Marseilles tiles on the roofs . I imagined that the making of these tiles ( they must have come from somewhere in the south of France , near Marseilles or Toulon ) was a ...
... smelt of brine and steamed . Lizards ran about the orange Marseilles tiles on the roofs . I imagined that the making of these tiles ( they must have come from somewhere in the south of France , near Marseilles or Toulon ) was a ...
Page 178
... smelt of dying stocks . Yet I could never find stocks growing in the squares or gardens . Apparently what I smelt were simply the morning shadows , or the freshly watered roadways , or perhaps the faint breeze from the open sea . It ...
... smelt of dying stocks . Yet I could never find stocks growing in the squares or gardens . Apparently what I smelt were simply the morning shadows , or the freshly watered roadways , or perhaps the faint breeze from the open sea . It ...
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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