Story of a Life: In that dawnHarvill P., 1965 |
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Page 68
... notice of them . They started for no apparent reason and as unexpectedly broke off . The outskirts were deserted . This , for me , was perhaps their chief attraction . I must have needed respite from the daily strain , silence to relax ...
... notice of them . They started for no apparent reason and as unexpectedly broke off . The outskirts were deserted . This , for me , was perhaps their chief attraction . I must have needed respite from the daily strain , silence to relax ...
Page 149
... notice . In those days in Kiev , I became addicted to the great French writer and illusionist , Stendhal . Not that I gave much thought to the tricks he played on his public . They seemed to me perfectly legitimate , as they still do ...
... notice . In those days in Kiev , I became addicted to the great French writer and illusionist , Stendhal . Not that I gave much thought to the tricks he played on his public . They seemed to me perfectly legitimate , as they still do ...
Page 168
... notice pinned to the door . The typewriter was an old friend - it had lost its ' r'- so the notice read : ' Oganisation evacuated . Addess queies to so - and - so . ' I stood in the dark stairs littered with scraps of sacking , waiting ...
... notice pinned to the door . The typewriter was an old friend - it had lost its ' r'- so the notice read : ' Oganisation evacuated . Addess queies to so - and - so . ' I stood in the dark stairs littered with scraps of sacking , waiting ...
Contents
Whirlpool page | 7 |
Blue Torches | 23 |
The Journalists Café | 36 |
Copyright | |
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