Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 58
... wall of concrete blocks . At its far end , it widened into the pier . Violent winter storms had broken a wide gap in the wall and formed a small sandy beach on the side facing the sea . The first to use it had been Austrian soldiers ...
... wall of concrete blocks . At its far end , it widened into the pier . Violent winter storms had broken a wide gap in the wall and formed a small sandy beach on the side facing the sea . The first to use it had been Austrian soldiers ...
Page 101
... wall overlooking the harbour , and closed my eyes the better to feel the breath of the wind on my face . Apart from decks , it smelt of acacias , dry seaweed , the camomile in the cracks of the sea wall , and of tar and rust ...
... wall overlooking the harbour , and closed my eyes the better to feel the breath of the wind on my face . Apart from decks , it smelt of acacias , dry seaweed , the camomile in the cracks of the sea wall , and of tar and rust ...
Page 125
... wall- paper . Babel felt like going home to Catherine Street . There , behind thick walls , his room was peaceful , dark , safe , and the manuscript of his latest story , revised and re - written a dozen times , lay on the desk . Babel ...
... wall- paper . Babel felt like going home to Catherine Street . There , behind thick walls , his room was peaceful , dark , safe , and the manuscript of his latest story , revised and re - written a dozen times , lay on the desk . Babel ...
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Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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