They were unusual in one respect . They were writing themselves . People who had already died , obviously , filled their books from cover to cover , and those who hadn ’ t been born yet had to put up with blank pages .
Они были необычны в одном отношении. Они писали сами. Люди, которые уже умерли, очевидно, заполнили свои книги от корки до корки, а тем, кто еще не родился, приходилось мириться с пустыми страницами.