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A Storm of Swords is the third of seven planned novels in A Song of Ice and Fire, a fantasy series by American author George R. It was first published on August 8, 2000, in the United Kingdom, [1] with a United States edition following in November 2000.

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In France, the decision was made to cut the novel into four separate volumes. A Storm of Swords won the 2001, the 2002 for Best Novel and was nominated for the 2001 for Best Novel. It was the first novel in the series to be nominated for the, one of the two most prestigious awards in and publishing, although it lost to 's novel., which had previously issued limited, illustrated editions of both and, was planning to release a similar version for A Storm of Swords in two volumes; however, lengthy delays in the release of A Clash of Kings caused it to lose its publishing rights, which were picked up. This edition, illustrated by, was released in the summer of 2006. A Storm of Swords is also the name of the second expansion to the, released in July 2006. Approximately the first half of the novel was adapted for television as the of the show, while the second half became the basis for the series', and some elements for the series'. Biblioteka eskw dlya kompas v16.

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GRRM.Livejournal.com (Author's LiveJournal blog). Archived from on December 28, 2009. Retrieved March 4, 2010. • Product Details: A Storm of Swords (2000). Retrieved 2011-10-13.

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A famous Rabinovich is an archetypal. He is a crafty, cynical, sometimes bitter type, skeptical about the Soviet government, and often too smart for his own good. He is sometimes portrayed as an ('refusenik'): someone who is refused permission to emigrate to Israel. • Rabinovich fills out a job application form. The official is skeptical: 'You stated that you don't have any relatives abroad, but you do have a brother in.' / 'Yes, but he isn't abroad, I am abroad!'

• Seeing a pompous and lavish burial of a member of the, Rabinovich sadly shakes his head: 'What a waste! With this kind of money, I could have buried the entire Politburo!' • Rabinovich calls headquarters, speaking with a characteristic accent: 'Tell me, is it true that Jews sold out Russia?' / 'Yes, of course it's true, -!' Could you please tell me where I should go to get my share?'

This following example explains 's remark about 'Comrade Wolf', describing the policies of the United States, that many non-Russians found cryptic. • Rabinovich is walking through the forest with a sheep, when both of them stumble into a pit. A few minutes later, a wolf also falls into the pit. The sheep gets nervous and starts bleating.

'What's with all the baaahh, baaahh?' Rabinovich asks.

'Comrade Wolf knows whom to eat.' [ ] Vovochka [ ] Vovochka is the Russian equivalent of '. He interacts with his school teacher, Maria Ivanovna (shortened to 'Marivanna', a stereotypical female teacher's name). 'Vovochka' is a diminutive form of 'Vova', which in turn is a shortened version of 'Vladimir', creating the 'little boy' effect. His fellow students bear similarly diminutive names.

This 'little boy' name is used in contrast with Vovochka's wisecracking, adult, often obscene statements. • In biology class, the teacher draws a cucumber on the blackboard: 'Children, could someone tell me what is this?' / Vovochka raises his hand: 'It's a dick, Marivanna!'