Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 67
... side to side , as though trying to throw the coffin , like a restive horse its unwelcome rider . The graveyard lay in the steppe , on the edge of the town . The steppe was burnt brown , although it was still early summer . Warm dust ...
... side to side , as though trying to throw the coffin , like a restive horse its unwelcome rider . The graveyard lay in the steppe , on the edge of the town . The steppe was burnt brown , although it was still early summer . Warm dust ...
Page 178
... side of Big Fountain lighthouse , over the melon fields where it gathered the sweetish smell of withering stalks and leaves , filtered with difficulty through the dense growth of trees and bushes along French Boulevard and meandered on ...
... side of Big Fountain lighthouse , over the melon fields where it gathered the sweetish smell of withering stalks and leaves , filtered with difficulty through the dense growth of trees and bushes along French Boulevard and meandered on ...
Page 201
... side . By nightfall the storm began to die down . The Dimitry weighed anchor and , her engine working at half - speed , sailed into the open sea . She started to roll at once but , compared to her tossing in the storm , this seemed to ...
... side . By nightfall the storm began to die down . The Dimitry weighed anchor and , her engine working at half - speed , sailed into the open sea . She started to roll at once but , compared to her tossing in the storm , this seemed to ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
Copyright | |
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