This was a time to prepare for the cold weather, to store up fire and wood. But in those days of the triumph of materialism, matter had become a disembodied idea, and the problems of alimentation and fuel supply took the place of food and firewood.
Boris PasternakAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: russian
- Born: February 10, 1890
- Died: May 30, 1960
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