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The Red Laugh: Fragments of a dicovered manuscript

Alexandra Linden

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The Red Laugh: Fragments of a Discovered Manuscript

"Probably the most vivid piece of war realism in any language."

New York TImes

"Red Laughter," a disturbing war story, written with the blood of Russia."

New York Times

"Krasnyi smekh, Andreyev's response to the Russo-Japanese war sold 60,000 copies."

"

"Are you afraid?" I repeated kindly.

His lips twitched, trying to frame a word, and the same instant there happened something incomprehensible, monstrous and supernatural. I felt a draught of warm air upon my right cheek that made me sway-that is all-while before my eyes, in place of the white face, there was something short, blunt and red, and out of it the blood was gushing as out of an uncorked bottle, such as is drawn on badly executed signboards. And that short, red and flowing "something" still seemed to be smiling a sort of smile, a toothless laugh-a red laugh.

And I recognised it-that red laugh. I had been searching for it, and I had found it-that red laugh. Now I understood what there was in all those mutilated, torn, strange bodies. It was a red laugh. It was in the sky, it was in the sun, and soon it was going to overspread the whole earth-that red laugh!"

Pages: 90

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Independently Published

Release: March 07, 2020

ISBN 13: 9798615891397

The Red Laugh: Fragments of a dicovered manuscript

Alexandra Linden

0/5 ( ratings)

The Red Laugh: Fragments of a Discovered Manuscript

"Probably the most vivid piece of war realism in any language."

New York TImes

"Red Laughter," a disturbing war story, written with the blood of Russia."

New York Times

"Krasnyi smekh, Andreyev's response to the Russo-Japanese war sold 60,000 copies."

"

"Are you afraid?" I repeated kindly.

His lips twitched, trying to frame a word, and the same instant there happened something incomprehensible, monstrous and supernatural. I felt a draught of warm air upon my right cheek that made me sway-that is all-while before my eyes, in place of the white face, there was something short, blunt and red, and out of it the blood was gushing as out of an uncorked bottle, such as is drawn on badly executed signboards. And that short, red and flowing "something" still seemed to be smiling a sort of smile, a toothless laugh-a red laugh.

And I recognised it-that red laugh. I had been searching for it, and I had found it-that red laugh. Now I understood what there was in all those mutilated, torn, strange bodies. It was a red laugh. It was in the sky, it was in the sun, and soon it was going to overspread the whole earth-that red laugh!"

Pages: 90

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Independently Published

Release: March 07, 2020

ISBN 13: 9798615891397

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