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He also undertook english translations of works by lermontov and pushkin and wrote several books of criticism. While it is filled with veiled puns and characteristically delightful wordplay, it is, first and foremost, a hau. The greater part of the book was composed in the winter and spring of 19451946, at a particularly cloudless and vigorous period of life. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading bend sinister vintage international.
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