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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Page 60
... floor and slits for guns in the thick walls . It was already inhabited . In one corner was a young woman typist who had been bombed out of her lodging and was now " temporarily " living in the pillbox with a small suitcase containing ...
... floor and slits for guns in the thick walls . It was already inhabited . In one corner was a young woman typist who had been bombed out of her lodging and was now " temporarily " living in the pillbox with a small suitcase containing ...
Page 63
... floor to the ground floor . In those days the Press printed many of its books with the Garden City Press , Letchworth , Herts . , and they nobly came to our rescue . They offered to give us office accommodation within their printing ...
... floor to the ground floor . In those days the Press printed many of its books with the Garden City Press , Letchworth , Herts . , and they nobly came to our rescue . They offered to give us office accommodation within their printing ...
Page 65
... floors of the rooms in Mecklenburgh Square . Something had to be done to rescue them from the wind and rain which swept ... floor . I had always had a passion for buying and accumulating books , and so had Virginia , but she had also ...
... floors of the rooms in Mecklenburgh Square . Something had to be done to rescue them from the wind and rain which swept ... floor . I had always had a passion for buying and accumulating books , and so had Virginia , but she had also ...
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