Balkan Monastery: A Novel"An unusual novel, of a little known facet of the war -- not in the front trenches, but in a Serbian monastery where 80 young girls from Belgrade have been placed for safety. The relief forces fail them -- the advance of the Germans finds them deserted even by the old monks. One child runs away to seek her brother, and -- at the time of the realignment of races and boundaries, she is adopted by Bulgarians, and her Serbian heritage comes militantly to the fore. Eventually, she runs away again and is found by her father." --Kirkus review. |
Dall'interno del libro
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Pagina 4
But that was not the only reason why Desa had been sent from home . After her mother had died her father had married again . The young stepmother could not bear the way her husband petted Desa . She thought all affection should be ...
But that was not the only reason why Desa had been sent from home . After her mother had died her father had married again . The young stepmother could not bear the way her husband petted Desa . She thought all affection should be ...
Pagina 69
After that she sang another gypsy song which even Desa had not heard before , and could not understand - " God kill the little swallow ! ” — and the gypsy children , forgetting they were hungry , began to dance and posture .
After that she sang another gypsy song which even Desa had not heard before , and could not understand - " God kill the little swallow ! ” — and the gypsy children , forgetting they were hungry , began to dance and posture .
Pagina 269
Desa's knitting - needles had been found to have gone rusty . After that each day she was struck for some fault or negligence . Mme . Mateivitch followed her about with poisonous stare and called her by obscene names .
Desa's knitting - needles had been found to have gone rusty . After that each day she was struck for some fault or negligence . Mme . Mateivitch followed her about with poisonous stare and called her by obscene names .
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Sommario
CHAPTER | 1 |
GRANDFATHER Russ | 14 |
DEATH Calls At ST ROMAN | 52 |
Copyright | |
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Parole e frasi comuni
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