The Story of a Life: The restless yearsPantheon Books, 1964 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 100
... whole year in Pushkino along the Northern Way . At the back of my house stood a thick pine forest , and beyond it stretched low- lying marshes , and a small river flowed , always shrouded in mist . I spent the whole winter alone in that ...
... whole year in Pushkino along the Northern Way . At the back of my house stood a thick pine forest , and beyond it stretched low- lying marshes , and a small river flowed , always shrouded in mist . I spent the whole winter alone in that ...
Page 121
... whole page . This , obviously , was the reason why we used to refer to Roskin's articles as being made of steel - for their brevity , their finish and their cold glitter . Roskin left behind him a small but valuable literary heritage ...
... whole page . This , obviously , was the reason why we used to refer to Roskin's articles as being made of steel - for their brevity , their finish and their cold glitter . Roskin left behind him a small but valuable literary heritage ...
Page 165
... whole long polar night . The salt works looked like sullen snoopers left there by the Stroganovs to observe the new uninvited masters of this gloomy land . The snoopers stood with their heavy caps the roofs - pulled over - their eyes ...
... whole long polar night . The salt works looked like sullen snoopers left there by the Stroganovs to observe the new uninvited masters of this gloomy land . The snoopers stood with their heavy caps the roofs - pulled over - their eyes ...
Contents
Map page | 9 |
The Last Meeting II | 11 |
The Silent Fields | 18 |
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