Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as...
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В сердце России начинается Третья мировая война – война нового типа, в которой всё решают СМИ, нефть и высокотехнологичное...
Автор: Модиано Патрик , Modiano Patrick
Серия: Prix Goncourt #1978
Язык: французский
Год: 1978
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Rue des boutiques obscures a valu à Patrick Modiano un prix Goncourt à trente trois ans.
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