He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to esc — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to esc — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to esc — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to esc — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to esc — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
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He had understood long ago that the past was no better than the present. That was as plain as day. One had to try to escape, to wrestle free from every era, so as not to be devoured by it.

— Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The Big Green Tent
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