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Page 91
The restaurant was crowded and smelt of shashlik and purple Isabella wine.
There was a string orchestra (this was before the days of Jazz and few people
had even heard of saxophones). It played a pot pourri from various operettas,
then ...
The restaurant was crowded and smelt of shashlik and purple Isabella wine.
There was a string orchestra (this was before the days of Jazz and few people
had even heard of saxophones). It played a pot pourri from various operettas,
then ...
Page 160
Everything along the road 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 ...
Everything along the road 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 ...
Page 161
The clumps of seaweed, wet and hot inside, 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 ...
The clumps of seaweed, wet and hot inside, 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 ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Story of a Life: Years of Hope, Volume 4 |
| Author | Konstantin Paustovsky |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1969 |
| Length | 223 pages |
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