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Page 56
... rounds , the toys , and the panopticon . Oily blocks of white and chocolate halvah crunched under the salesmen's knives ... round so fast that it turned into a many - colored blur of papier - mâché horses ' muzzles and teeth , neckties ...
... rounds , the toys , and the panopticon . Oily blocks of white and chocolate halvah crunched under the salesmen's knives ... round so fast that it turned into a many - colored blur of papier - mâché horses ' muzzles and teeth , neckties ...
Page 99
... round shades over the candles were covered with dead night moths and butterflies . Wine was poured for us students as well as for the grownups . It gave us courage . Once after we had drunk some wine we decided that each of us would run ...
... round shades over the candles were covered with dead night moths and butterflies . Wine was poured for us students as well as for the grownups . It gave us courage . Once after we had drunk some wine we decided that each of us would run ...
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... round as rubber balls . It was very quiet . You could hear field mice rustling in the rub- bish . And then the bugler's notes sang out again sadly from the fortress . The sound reminded me of my childhood belief that war was something ...
... round as rubber balls . It was very quiet . You could hear field mice rustling in the rub- bish . And then the bugler's notes sang out again sadly from the fortress . The sound reminded me of my childhood belief that war was something ...
Contents
The Death of My Father | 3 |
My Grandfather Maxim Grigorievich | 10 |
Carp | 16 |
Copyright | |
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