The Story of a Life: Southern adventurePantheon Books, 1969 - Authors, Russian |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 21
Konstantin Paustovsky. able to breathe under the weight of sacks of maize or bundles of brush wood . And in front of them ... maize , tobacco , goat's cheese and damson plums . On the day the dues were paid a shrill , ear - piercing ...
Konstantin Paustovsky. able to breathe under the weight of sacks of maize or bundles of brush wood . And in front of them ... maize , tobacco , goat's cheese and damson plums . On the day the dues were paid a shrill , ear - piercing ...
Page 57
... maize palisade . The atmosphere was all the more suffocatingly oppressive for the seeming closeness of the ice - clad peaks of the Caucasian mountains enveloped in a light blue haze , thrusting themselves into the faded sky just above ...
... maize palisade . The atmosphere was all the more suffocatingly oppressive for the seeming closeness of the ice - clad peaks of the Caucasian mountains enveloped in a light blue haze , thrusting themselves into the faded sky just above ...
Page 82
... maize sellers : ' Hot maize ! ' ; from the plaintive moans of a muezzin on the top of a near - by mosque to the squeaking of pipes out of the windows of dukhans and the tearful singing of their tipsy patrons . But quite particularly ...
... maize sellers : ' Hot maize ! ' ; from the plaintive moans of a muezzin on the top of a near - by mosque to the squeaking of pipes out of the windows of dukhans and the tearful singing of their tipsy patrons . But quite particularly ...
Contents
A Short Explanation page | 7 |
My Thanks to a Reader | 9 |
The Tobacco Republic | 13 |
Copyright | |
27 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appeared asked Batum beautiful became become began brought called colour course covered dark direction Dovgello dukhan earth everything eyes face fact feeling fell felt fire flowers Frayerman garden gave girl give hair hand happened head heart immediately impression kind Kurd later leaves light liras lived looked Maria Menshevik Misha morning mountains mushas never night Nirk once painting past perhaps port portrait rain reached river round Russian Schmidt seemed seen ships shore short side singing sitting sleep slowly smell smoke sometimes soon sound started Stavraki stood stopped story streets suddenly Sukhum things thought Tiflis took town train tree turned verandah voice walls wanted warm whole window woman writing young Zdanevich