The Journey Not the Arrival Matters: An Autobiography of the Years 1939 to 1969Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975 - 217 էջ The 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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... night raids . We did not go into the shelter which had been built in the centre of the square , though we had a look at it . We thought it better to die , if that were to be our fate , in our beds . There was a good deal of noise , but ...
... night raids . We did not go into the shelter which had been built in the centre of the square , though we had a look at it . We thought it better to die , if that were to be our fate , in our beds . There was a good deal of noise , but ...
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... night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence which followed , it was horrible to know that Lon- don was being bombed and burnt . Then the silence was broken by the drone of the returning planes ...
... night to the drone of the German planes flying inland . In the hour or more of silence which followed , it was horrible to know that Lon- don was being bombed and burnt . Then the silence was broken by the drone of the returning planes ...
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... night , the shelter constructed in Mecklenburgh Square , during a particularly heavy bombing . I hated the stuffi- ness and smell of human beings , and , if a bomb was going to get me , I preferred to die a solitary death above ground ...
... night , the shelter constructed in Mecklenburgh Square , during a particularly heavy bombing . I hated the stuffi- ness and smell of human beings , and , if a bomb was going to get me , I preferred to die a solitary death above ground ...
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The Hogarth Press | 53 |
Chapter III | 74 |
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