Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 11
... Volodya brought with him a little man , wrinkled as a monkey , who spoke very fast and as indistinctly as though his mouth were full of pebbles . ' This ' - Volodya pointed vaguely in his direction - ' is Comrade Torelli , an Odessa ...
... Volodya brought with him a little man , wrinkled as a monkey , who spoke very fast and as indistinctly as though his mouth were full of pebbles . ' This ' - Volodya pointed vaguely in his direction - ' is Comrade Torelli , an Odessa ...
Page 12
... Volodya Golovchiner , a champion swimmer and the son of a Kharkov professor of stomatology . He will explain his plan to you himself – in so far as his linguistic abilities will allow . ' - Volodya was fond of talking in riddles . I ...
... Volodya Golovchiner , a champion swimmer and the son of a Kharkov professor of stomatology . He will explain his plan to you himself – in so far as his linguistic abilities will allow . ' - Volodya was fond of talking in riddles . I ...
Page 13
... Volodya . " The fact that Comrade Torelli's boater is not the headgear for Odessa's winter winds . ' ' He's got a sister , you know , ' said Volodya . ' Last year she became paralysed , she can't walk . They live in one room . You can't ...
... Volodya . " The fact that Comrade Torelli's boater is not the headgear for Odessa's winter winds . ' ' He's got a sister , you know , ' said Volodya . ' Last year she became paralysed , she can't walk . They live in one room . You can't ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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