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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... pleasure and relief . In gratitude to the painter , when I said good - night to Victor , I asked him who had painted it and added that I had got a great deal of pleasure by looking at it . I could not have said anything to give Victor ...
... pleasure and relief . In gratitude to the painter , when I said good - night to Victor , I asked him who had painted it and added that I had got a great deal of pleasure by looking at it . I could not have said anything to give Victor ...
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... pleasure in a complicated case in which perfect justice is done ; on the other hand , injustice of any kind or to any person is extraordinarily disturbing and painful . † Page 26 . * Pages 161-2 . An unjust law or a miscarriage of ...
... pleasure in a complicated case in which perfect justice is done ; on the other hand , injustice of any kind or to any person is extraordinarily disturbing and painful . † Page 26 . * Pages 161-2 . An unjust law or a miscarriage of ...
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... pleasure . And all the clothes drudgery , Sybil drudgery , society drudgery obliterated . But I want to look back on these war years as years of positive something or other . L. gathering apples . Sally barks . I imagine a village ...
... pleasure . And all the clothes drudgery , Sybil drudgery , society drudgery obliterated . But I want to look back on these war years as years of positive something or other . L. gathering apples . Sally barks . I imagine a village ...
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