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 11
... stay for quite a while . That is , I do not remember how I got there and at exactly what time . When I came to and opened my eyes , I was lying on a beach some distance from the water line on what seemed to me an abandoned shore . It ...
... stay for quite a while . That is , I do not remember how I got there and at exactly what time . When I came to and opened my eyes , I was lying on a beach some distance from the water line on what seemed to me an abandoned shore . It ...
Pagina 20
... stay . How big was this island ? Was it inhabited ? We had found so far no trace of the presence of other human beings except for the lines and hooks we found on the beach . How long can two people survive without the company of - 20-
... stay . How big was this island ? Was it inhabited ? We had found so far no trace of the presence of other human beings except for the lines and hooks we found on the beach . How long can two people survive without the company of - 20-
Pagina 24
... stay here . Do you see this sharp stone ? One night when you are asleep , I would smash your head with it and hit it and hit it till you are dead . Remember it ! " That said it all . No further explanations were needed . " Oh , Robbie ...
... stay here . Do you see this sharp stone ? One night when you are asleep , I would smash your head with it and hit it and hit it till you are dead . Remember it ! " That said it all . No further explanations were needed . " Oh , Robbie ...
Pagina 26
... stayed at home for too long , half a year , a year , I felt an irrepressible urge to go to some other place ... stays at home . If it had not been for my lovely daughters in whose presence I experienced the greatest joys of my family ...
... stayed at home for too long , half a year , a year , I felt an irrepressible urge to go to some other place ... stays at home . If it had not been for my lovely daughters in whose presence I experienced the greatest joys of my family ...
Pagina 27
... stay in her house if I wanted to . After that , having contributed a little above the average to population growth , a pressing problem of our time . I decided to undergo vasectomy , which was not so much for my protection but for the ...
... stay in her house if I wanted to . After that , having contributed a little above the average to population growth , a pressing problem of our time . I decided to undergo vasectomy , which was not so much for my protection but for the ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
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.