1941


Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
The Crab With the Golden Claws (Tintin #9)
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Library of Babel
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
The Colossus of Maroussi
Between the Acts
Conversations in Sicily
Hangover Square
The Wife of Martin Guerre
Make Way for Ducklings
Frenchman's Creek
Marques Rebelo
24 de dezembro [1941] A árvore, embora atarracada, não ocupa muito espaço – um canto de sala, o canto menos acessível, do qual foi removido o musgoso vaso com espadas-de-são-jorge, que alem de decorativas, segundo Felicidade, nos protegem do mau-olhado. O chacareiro queria um dinheirão por um pinheirinho de seis palmos, Luísa descalçou a bota na loja de novidades. Trouxe-a embrulhada em papel pardo como volumosa sombrinha, e armá-la foi uma operação fácil e divertida. — Veja! – e Luísa exibiu- ...more
Marques Rebelo, A Mudança

Naomi Mitchison
A lot of buildings were burnt out, others badly racked and unsafe, some completely smashed. Off the main road it was worse; here and there houses were being demolished, blasting going on sometimes, traffic being cleared, here a bridge being propped up, there a loudspeaker van telling people where to go for money or food. All windows gone everywhere... everywhere was the smell of plaster and burning, everywhere this incredible mess, everywhere people trailing about with a mattress or a bundle or ...more
Naomi Mitchison, Among You Taking Notes...: The Wartime Diaries of Naomi Mitchison 1939 - 1945

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