Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 71
... Izya , as did everyone else ) . ' But he won't last long in our time . ' ' Why not ? ' ' He hasn't got much sense of humour . ' Izya gave me a note from Ivanov , asking me to come to The Seaman's office next day - it was time to settle ...
... Izya , as did everyone else ) . ' But he won't last long in our time . ' ' Why not ? ' ' He hasn't got much sense of humour . ' Izya gave me a note from Ivanov , asking me to come to The Seaman's office next day - it was time to settle ...
Page 97
... Izya had caught sight of the speech by accident . The forme was in the glassed - off office of the manager of the press , and the manager had gone out for a minute . Izya had not been able to read the whole text ; there were no pulls ...
... Izya had caught sight of the speech by accident . The forme was in the glassed - off office of the manager of the press , and the manager had gone out for a minute . Izya had not been able to read the whole text ; there were no pulls ...
Page 115
... Izya Livshitz went in for stereoscopic photographs , and even Izya bought them only out of pity . The old man kept a dusty globe with faded colours standing on the pavement beside him . For fifty roubles you could spin it and look at ...
... Izya Livshitz went in for stereoscopic photographs , and even Izya bought them only out of pity . The old man kept a dusty globe with faded colours standing on the pavement beside him . For fifty roubles you could spin it and look at ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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