The Case WorkerThe daily routine of a man in charge of children at a state welfare organization and the demands that are made upon him are depicted in the novel set in present day Hungary. |
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... dead and the defeated dead . In any case , it was an insane , hastily improvised scheme , impossible to figure out ; all we could do was grope our way amid the blind spirits of the sinister forest , wondering whether there would be as ...
... dead and the defeated dead . In any case , it was an insane , hastily improvised scheme , impossible to figure out ; all we could do was grope our way amid the blind spirits of the sinister forest , wondering whether there would be as ...
Page 18
... dead , the fami- lies of some had merely been resettled or interned , while those of others had not been molested . It was no more possible to see where these lightnings would strike than which of our mines , to which we referred by ...
... dead , the fami- lies of some had merely been resettled or interned , while those of others had not been molested . It was no more possible to see where these lightnings would strike than which of our mines , to which we referred by ...
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... dead , and I'm taking him to an institution to be looked after , ” I would tell the driver . " Nice - looking kid , ” he would answer , " but when they're like that , they're better off dead . That's what I say , sir , though I'm a ...
... dead , and I'm taking him to an institution to be looked after , ” I would tell the driver . " Nice - looking kid , ” he would answer , " but when they're like that , they're better off dead . That's what I say , sir , though I'm a ...
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