Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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... Shengeli . I heard him read his poetry once , in Moscow , during the war . I remember only three lines : " There are islands distant as dreams gentle as a quiet alto - Majorca , Minorca , Malta and Rhodes .... " I've forgotten the rest ...
... Shengeli . I heard him read his poetry once , in Moscow , during the war . I remember only three lines : " There are islands distant as dreams gentle as a quiet alto - Majorca , Minorca , Malta and Rhodes .... " I've forgotten the rest ...
Page 151
... Shengeli . The poet George Shengeli was a good - natured man of exotic appearance . I could never understand why many of the local poets seemed to dislike him . I asked Bagritsky , but he was evasive . In the end I assumed that baiting ...
... Shengeli . The poet George Shengeli was a good - natured man of exotic appearance . I could never understand why many of the local poets seemed to dislike him . I asked Bagritsky , but he was evasive . In the end I assumed that baiting ...
Page 157
... Shengeli . This was welcomed as novel and original . For the sake of the cause , Shengeli readily agreed . The plan had failed because too few people had been taken into the organisers ' confidence . But since all the tickets had been ...
... Shengeli . This was welcomed as novel and original . For the sake of the cause , Shengeli readily agreed . The plan had failed because too few people had been taken into the organisers ' confidence . But since all the tickets had been ...
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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