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    Survivors
    Survivors
    Survivors
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    Survivors

    By David Brining

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    Another story in the popular series about life in post-Communist Russia, Survivors reflects on the experiences of Nikolai Ribakov and his wife Lera during the Siege of Stalingrad and the Great Patriotic War.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Brining
    Release dateSep 9, 2012
    ISBN9781310353147
    Survivors
    Author

    David Brining

    The author has lived and worked in several different countries and has been, variously, a camel jockey, a tennis coach, an underwater photographer, a motivational speaker, a magazine editor, an opera singer, a pantomime dame, a cat-sitter and a ghost-buster.

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      Survivors - David Brining

      Survivors

      A short story by David Brining

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright David Brining 2012

      All rights reserved.

      THE traffic lights flashed amber and Nikolai Aleksandrovich put his foot gently on the brake pedal. The car eased to a halt as the lights changed to red.

      What did you think? He turned to his wife, a frail, almost bird-like figure who was sitting in the passenger seat knitting.

      Kolya worries too much, she said.

      Because he cares.

      I know that, said the wife, But sometimes he can care too much. He'll make himself ill, and what good will that do?

      The lights turned green and Nikolai Aleksandrovich eased the old Volga forward. Thirty years he had owned this car. Battleship grey and built like a tank, the engine no longer purred, it roared, and in the mornings it sputtered and coughed into life, a bit like its owner. Growing old together, thought Nikolai

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