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... Things were no better when I became an adult . Up to the age of forty I knew nothing but a kind of dignified destitution . From the end of 1918 , the year I was born , until 1941 , I didn't know what a house was . We lived in huts which ...
... Things were no better when I became an adult . Up to the age of forty I knew nothing but a kind of dignified destitution . From the end of 1918 , the year I was born , until 1941 , I didn't know what a house was . We lived in huts which ...
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... things . His very first remark on being told about the dictionary was " Yes , yes , a man must distract his attention to other things and not think about food all the time . " Rozsas had conceived a passion for Russian literature and ...
... things . His very first remark on being told about the dictionary was " Yes , yes , a man must distract his attention to other things and not think about food all the time . " Rozsas had conceived a passion for Russian literature and ...
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... things that move you . ” He considered that the two American correspondents Smith and Kaiser had " made a hash " of his earlier interview , and this time he chose a different American and a Frenchman . The results were no better : " Le ...
... things that move you . ” He considered that the two American correspondents Smith and Kaiser had " made a hash " of his earlier interview , and this time he chose a different American and a Frenchman . The results were no better : " Le ...
Contents
Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 21 |
1 OUT OF CHAOS AND SUFFERING | 25 |
Copyright | |
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