The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969The author's account of World War II, his wife's death, and his political and literary activities. "A splendid ending to one of the most remarkable literary achievements of our time" (New York Times Book Review). Index; photographs. |
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On the man's face was the horrible look of blank suffering and despair which from the beginning of human history men have seen under the crown of thorns on the faces of their persecuted and humiliated victims .
On the man's face was the horrible look of blank suffering and despair which from the beginning of human history men have seen under the crown of thorns on the faces of their persecuted and humiliated victims .
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а face . There was in fact something much more savage and sinister beneath the surface , and in the next few years one occasionally caught a glimpse of it . For instance , just before the war Adrian Stephen learnt that a German friend ...
а face . There was in fact something much more savage and sinister beneath the surface , and in the next few years one occasionally caught a glimpse of it . For instance , just before the war Adrian Stephen learnt that a German friend ...
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It made him hate all Germans ” - the sentence haunts me , just as the face of the well - dressed woman in the photograph laughing at the tortured face of the Jew with his fly buttons torn open and the bewildered faces of the naked women ...
It made him hate all Germans ” - the sentence haunts me , just as the face of the well - dressed woman in the photograph laughing at the tortured face of the Jew with his fly buttons torn open and the bewildered faces of the naked women ...
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Հաճախորդի կարծիքը - rowmyboat - LibraryThingAh, the somewhat less famous husband of Virginia! I've read volumes 1 and 5 of his autobiography, and loved them. Leonard Woolf was an extremely intelligent man and an excellent writer. His prose has ... Read full review
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