Love and Fantasy in the Cuckoo IslandsWesma Publishers, 2003 - 167 pagini A story of romance and adventure in the South Pacific, involving a castaway who treks across several islands and meets a number of colorful characters, including a spy, an intelligence officer and refugees, as well as charming girls and women. The hero settles down in his new country and joins a club, whose members discuss the world situation at the end of the second millenium |
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Pagina 19
... mind . " I can't think of anything but food , " said Robbie . " We should try to eat the fish raw , as you said they eat them like that in Japan . " " If you want to . I am going to figure out how to make a fire . I remember as a cub ...
... mind . " I can't think of anything but food , " said Robbie . " We should try to eat the fish raw , as you said they eat them like that in Japan . " " If you want to . I am going to figure out how to make a fire . I remember as a cub ...
Pagina 24
... mind and support in many situations . I thought for a while that she was afraid of pregnancy and so I revealed to her my past , which otherwise I consider a very private matter . Indeed at forty I was not an old bachelor . I had been ...
... mind and support in many situations . I thought for a while that she was afraid of pregnancy and so I revealed to her my past , which otherwise I consider a very private matter . Indeed at forty I was not an old bachelor . I had been ...
Pagina 31
... mind that instead of following the shoreline around the island . I would cut at a right angle across it . I hoped that before the day was over . I would reach the other shoreline . I walked for about two hours , making adjustments as ...
... mind that instead of following the shoreline around the island . I would cut at a right angle across it . I hoped that before the day was over . I would reach the other shoreline . I walked for about two hours , making adjustments as ...
Pagina 32
... mind of a hermit or a person abandoned in the wilderness . Yet , there it was again , a fata morgana of a person who disappeared behind the trunk of a tree and then reappeared again . I rubbed my eyes , so incredible was the sight . But ...
... mind of a hermit or a person abandoned in the wilderness . Yet , there it was again , a fata morgana of a person who disappeared behind the trunk of a tree and then reappeared again . I rubbed my eyes , so incredible was the sight . But ...
Pagina 39
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Albanians Aroha asked Bacon beer boat Bohunk border bottles Cathy coconuts convent school cooking couple Cuckoo Islands Danley day after tomorrow discussion drink erotic eventually excess wealth eyes Father Cornelius feel felt film fish Foxtown Fred friends girl Hamsa hand happened happy Herb Hua Hua identity document immigrant intelligence interest Jesse Kirk kiss knew labor labor camp Lenin Lily lived looked marriage married married couples meals mind morning Mother Superior mouth-to-mouth resuscitation never night Noa Roa penis perhaps realized refugee camp Robbie Roberta seemed Shiffer Sidney situation sleep Sleeper Society someone soon speak Stalin started stay sure talk thought tomorrow took touch vasectomy waiting walked weeks wife wind woman women wondered young
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Pagina viii - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Pagina viii - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird...
Pagina 145 - But there is another factor which should be taken into account," the Yid joined the discussion, "namely, the desire of the public to be entertained at whatever cost.