Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 34
... brought with it to Odessa the new political and social structure developed in the north , it also brought new men , trained by the revolution and alien to the mentality and practical experience of the average Odessan . Resolute and ...
... brought with it to Odessa the new political and social structure developed in the north , it also brought new men , trained by the revolution and alien to the mentality and practical experience of the average Odessan . Resolute and ...
Page 119
... brought Babel to The Seaman's office . Never had I seen anyone look less like an author . Stooping , almost neckless because of his hereditary asthma , with a duck's bill of a nose , a creased forehead and an oily glint in his little ...
... brought Babel to The Seaman's office . Never had I seen anyone look less like an author . Stooping , almost neckless because of his hereditary asthma , with a duck's bill of a nose , a creased forehead and an oily glint in his little ...
Page 167
... brought me the child because there was nowhere he could leave her in town . He couldn't keep her in the same small room as her mother , he had no friends in Odessa , and so .... The child's mouth drooped and her lips trembled . ' It's ...
... brought me the child because there was nowhere he could leave her in town . He couldn't keep her in the same small room as her mother , he had no friends in Odessa , and so .... The child's mouth drooped and her lips trembled . ' It's ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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