| Description |
xvii, 673 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The wood-sprite -- Russian spoken here -- Sounds -- Wingstroke -- Gods -- A matter of chance -- The seaport -- Revenge -- Beneficence -- Details of a sunset -- The thunderstorm -- La veneziana -- Bachmann -- The dragon -- Christmas -- A letter that never reached Russia -- The fight -- The return of Chorb -- A guide to Berlin -- A nursery tale -- Terror -- Razor -- The passenger -- The doorbell -- An affair of honor -- The Christmas story -- The potato elf -- The aurelian -- A dashing fellow -- A bad day -- The visit to the museum -- A busy man -- Terra incognita -- The reunion -- Lips to lips -- Orache -- Music -- Perfection -- The admiralty spire -- The Leonardo -- In memory of L.I. Shigaev -- The circle -- A Russian beauty -- Breaking the news -- Torpid smoke -- Recruiting -- A slice of life -- Spring in Fialta -- Cloud, castle, lake -- Tyrants destroyed -- Lik -- Mademoiselle O -- Vasiliy Shishkov -- Ultima Thule -- Solus Rex -- The assistant producer -- That in aleppo once -- A forgotten poet -- Time and ebb -- Conversation piece, 1945 -- Signs and symbols -- First love -- Scenes from the life of a double monster -- The Vane sisters -- Lance -- Easter rain -- The word. |
| Subject |
Manners and customs -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0679729976 |
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9780679729976 |
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