Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 90
... town . They say the situation now requires Urgent action to put them down . This could be sung for ever , the name of the town varying at the performer's choice - Kiev , Yalta , Golta , Sochi or even far - away Vyatka . Songs continued ...
... town . They say the situation now requires Urgent action to put them down . This could be sung for ever , the name of the town varying at the performer's choice - Kiev , Yalta , Golta , Sochi or even far - away Vyatka . Songs continued ...
Page 206
... town . Only once did a hand - cart rattle noisily over the cobbles . I caught sight of it through the dry branches of the thuya hedge . Two young women were pulling the cart . A man , barefoot and naked to the waist , was lying on it ...
... town . Only once did a hand - cart rattle noisily over the cobbles . I caught sight of it through the dry branches of the thuya hedge . Two young women were pulling the cart . A man , barefoot and naked to the waist , was lying on it ...
Page 215
... town was quiet and pitch dark . An occasional rifle shot came from the outskirts . The pier was deserted . The wind ribbed the puddles and rolled empty barrels of sauerkraut ; a few sentries in puttees and with shouldered rifles ...
... town was quiet and pitch dark . An occasional rifle shot came from the outskirts . The pier was deserted . The wind ribbed the puddles and rolled empty barrels of sauerkraut ; a few sentries in puttees and with shouldered rifles ...
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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