The Wild PalmsChatto & Windus, 1954 - 315 pàgines |
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Pàgina 161
... heard but seen - a series of shadows , edgeless yet distinct , and smoothly flowing , logical and unfrantic and ... heard the sound which he knew well ( he had heard it but once before , true enough , but no man needed hear it but once ) ...
... heard but seen - a series of shadows , edgeless yet distinct , and smoothly flowing , logical and unfrantic and ... heard the sound which he knew well ( he had heard it but once before , true enough , but no man needed hear it but once ) ...
Pàgina 217
... heard twice before and would never forget that sound of deliberate and irresistible and mon- strously disturbed water . But this time he could not tell from what direction it came . It seemed to be every- where , waxing and fading ; it ...
... heard twice before and would never forget that sound of deliberate and irresistible and mon- strously disturbed water . But this time he could not tell from what direction it came . It seemed to be every- where , waxing and fading ; it ...
Pàgina 284
... heard the train from New Orleans and watched the ap- proaching smoke from the train itself crawling across the bridge , high and toy - like and pink , like something bizarre to decorate a cake with , in the flat sun that was already hot ...
... heard the train from New Orleans and watched the ap- proaching smoke from the train itself crawling across the bridge , high and toy - like and pink , like something bizarre to decorate a cake with , in the flat sun that was already hot ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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ain't already began believe beneath beside black wind blinked boat breath Buckner Cajan carrying cashier's cheque ceased Charlotte cigarette coat cold cried damned dark deputy doctor dollars door drink eyes face feet flat glare going gunwales hand hard Harry head hear heard hell hold instant knew levee light Listen live looked McCord move never niggers night nurse officer oleander once Orleans outrage paddle palm pantomime pilot house pirogue pistol plump convict preter quietly realised remembered returned Rittenmeyer seemed sitting skiff sleep smell snow sorghum sound squatted stared steadily steamboat stood stopped stove talk tall convict tell thinking thought told took train trees truck trying turned vanished Vicksburg violently voice wait waked walk Warden watched whisky wife Wilbourne wild Wild Palms wind window woman