The Wild PalmsRandom House, 1939 - 337 pàgines In the rural wasteland of the South two inmates escape from a penitentiary, and two lovers, Harry Wilbourne and Charlotte Rittenmeyer, run away together. These two stories, played against each other, portray four desperate people trying to flee from poverty, decadence, and the violence of a world from which there is no escape. |
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Pàgina 63
... seemed to have given over decep- tion and concealment , they seemed to be able to watch it rising up the flanks of the dump ; trees which a few miles back had stood on tall trunks above the water now seemed to burst from the surface at ...
... seemed to have given over decep- tion and concealment , they seemed to be able to watch it rising up the flanks of the dump ; trees which a few miles back had stood on tall trunks above the water now seemed to burst from the surface at ...
Pàgina 157
... seemed to hover in weightless and airy indecision like a bird above a fleeing countryside , undecided where to light or whether to light at all , while the convict squatted in it still going through the motions of paddling , wait- ing ...
... seemed to hover in weightless and airy indecision like a bird above a fleeing countryside , undecided where to light or whether to light at all , while the convict squatted in it still going through the motions of paddling , wait- ing ...
Pàgina 293
... seemed to remember him stowing it methodically into the scuffed bag along with the stethoscope ; he just seemed to remember this be- cause he had followed the stretcher to the bed . " Easy now , " he said . " Dont rouse her up . She ...
... seemed to remember him stowing it methodically into the scuffed bag along with the stethoscope ; he just seemed to remember this be- cause he had followed the stretcher to the bed . " Easy now , " he said . " Dont rouse her up . She ...
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