Balkan Monastery: A NovelFrederick A. Stokes, 1936 - 328 pagine "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. |
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Pagina 144
... thought in freedom was to get more to eat . Grandfather Russ was not so hungry as they were , but he was more curious . Some days before the monks had gone away a van had brought three large corded crates all marked in large letters ...
... thought in freedom was to get more to eat . Grandfather Russ was not so hungry as they were , but he was more curious . Some days before the monks had gone away a van had brought three large corded crates all marked in large letters ...
Pagina 183
... thought . The Bulgars , under cover of an intense rifle and machine - gun fire , were thrusting forward an attacking party which became visible in echelon down the mountainside . Countless bullets hissed in the snow but failed to stop ...
... thought . The Bulgars , under cover of an intense rifle and machine - gun fire , were thrusting forward an attacking party which became visible in echelon down the mountainside . Countless bullets hissed in the snow but failed to stop ...
Pagina 319
... thought . Not that she thought at all , or said anything to herself . The white , puckered , suffer- ing face in the darkness was a mask . She did not feel that her feet were sore nor that her body was very wet . At three in the morning ...
... thought . Not that she thought at all , or said anything to herself . The white , puckered , suffer- ing face in the darkness was a mask . She did not feel that her feet were sore nor that her body was very wet . At three in the morning ...
Sommario
ALL MUST LEAVE THE CITY | 1 |
GRANDFATHER RUSS | 14 |
FLOGGING THE DEVIL | 35 |
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Parole e frasi comuni
Abbot Michael Albanian Anna asked astery Aunt Mary Austrian Baba began belfry tower Belgrade Bora Bosnian bread Brother Moses Brother Seraphim Bulgarian Bulgars carts cell Cheeka church coffee dead Desa Desa's Dmitrief door Drin enemy exclaimed face fire Frau Schmidt French frocks Georgevitch Germans Gitsa gone Grandfather Russ guns gypsies hair hand horses Junis Kafana King Peter kitchen knew Krushevats landlady little girls looked lorry maize marched Marya Mateivitch Milan Miss Rada monastery monastery of St monk from Alexinats Morava morning mother night Nish Panta Prasco priest Prishtina Prizren Prokuple rakkia Razhan refectory Ribari road Roman Russian sack Salonika Sava seemed sent Serbian army Serbian flags Serbs sergeant shell Sister Martha sleep slept snow Sofia soldiers Stanka stared stepmother stood told took Travnik typhus village waiting window woman yard Yelitsa and Militsa