Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 40
... young man's canary- coloured shoes with deep envy and admiring looks and sighs . The young man was wondering how to jump the queue without causing a fuss and a row . He saw the old gentleman with the book , and naturally took him for ...
... young man's canary- coloured shoes with deep envy and admiring looks and sighs . The young man was wondering how to jump the queue without causing a fuss and a row . He saw the old gentleman with the book , and naturally took him for ...
Page 109
Konstantin Paustovsky. 13 What do you want , Young Man ? The heroic style is well nigh forgotten : modern life demands simple expression . Yet how describe the indescribable - the Odessa market ... young man 109 What do you want, Young Man?
Konstantin Paustovsky. 13 What do you want , Young Man ? The heroic style is well nigh forgotten : modern life demands simple expression . Yet how describe the indescribable - the Odessa market ... young man 109 What do you want, Young Man?
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... young man , barefoot and in an old Cossack cap , pushed a ten thousand note into my hand and tried to jerk the roll from under my arm , saying : ' Go on , take it and get back to your girl friend . ' I snatched the wadding back and ...
... young man , barefoot and in an old Cossack cap , pushed a ten thousand note into my hand and tried to jerk the roll from under my arm , saying : ' Go on , take it and get back to your girl friend . ' I snatched the wadding back and ...
Contents
Forerunners of Ostap Bender page | 7 |
Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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