Days in the Caucasus
By: Banine
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Baku, 1905. Nascere in una famiglia scandalosamente ricca - il capostipite, Assadullah, nato contad…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Il est bon de croire ceux qui croient en vous."-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
"Il est bon de croire ceux qui croient en vous."-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
"S'il fallait croire les malveillants, on ne donnerait jamais la main à personne sauf à soi-même."-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
"S'il fallait croire les malveillants, on ne donnerait jamais la main à personne sauf à soi-même."-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
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"Our people once were warriors. But unlike you, Jake, they were people with mana, pride; people with spirit. If my spirit can survive living with you for eighteen years, then I can survive anything."-Alan Duff, Once Were Warriors
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"Els gossos no em mosseguen mai. Només ho fan els homes."-Truman Capote, Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote
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Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poe… read more
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"How very close it is to illness. The loose, restless limbs. The feverish cheeks. The burning salt of the heart. The prickle of sweat. Love. "-Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age (Bangla Desh, #1)
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"Mientras redactaba la inscripción para su tumba, entendí que la primera muerte ocurre en el lenguaje, en ese acto de arrancar a los sujetos del presente para plantarlos en el pasado. Convertirlos en …"-Karina Sainz Borgo, It Would Be Night in Caracas
24. Days in the Caucasus
By: Banine
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Baku, 1905. Nascere in una famiglia scandalosamente ricca - il capostipite, Assadullah, nato contad… read more
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"Il est bon de croire ceux qui croient en vous."-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
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"... comme la plupart des enfants, j'étais animiste et prêtais généreusement des âmes aux choses et aux plantes. Pour moi, des objets, inanimés pour d'autres, se peuplaient de sentiments et je courais…"-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
"Мне вновь придется вернуться назад, прошлое про-должает удивлять меня, воспитанную одновременно в восточных, немецких и русских традициях. Мечтательная, нелюдимая, с дурным характером – все это я. По…"-Banine, Days in the Caucasus
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31. Private Rites
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3.92
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"To be misunderstood is one thing, but the curious hostility of a sibling's approach lies less in what they miss than in the strange backdated nature of the things they choose to know. A person can be…"-Julia Armfield, Private Rites
