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Tag Archives: Rebecca West
Macedonia (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
The argument here, in Sveti Naum, which has been recognized for a thousand years, is a persuasion towards sanity; a belief that life, painful as it is, is not too painful for the endurance of the mind, and it is … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Eastern Orthodox Church, fertility rite, former Yugoslavia, Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, Nicholas Velimirović, North Macedonia, OhridBitolj, Oveche Polje, Rebecca West, Serbian Orthodox Church, Skopje, Struga, Sveti Naum, Yugoslavia
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Serbia (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“In the colourless light descending its vaults there waited Constantine’s wife, Gerda, a stout middle-aged woman, typically German in appearance, with fair hair abundant but formless, and grey eyes so light and clear that they looked almost blind, vacant niches … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Belgrade, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, former Yugoslavia, Holocaust, Ivan Meštrović, Kalemegdan Park, Karageorge, Karađorđević, Karl Silex, King Alexander I, Kingdom of Serbia, Obrenović, Queen Draga, Rebecca West, Serbia, Vladislav Vinaver, World War II, Yugoslavia
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Remembering Yugoslavia Meets Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
With many thanks to the Remembering Yugoslavia podcast and Peter Korchnak!
Bosnia (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“Look,” I said, “the river at Sarajevo runs red. That I think a bit too much. The pathetic fallacy really ought not to play with such painful matters.” “Yes, it is as blatant as a propagandist poster,” said my husband. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Bosnia, Dr. Judith R. Cohen, Flory Jagoda, former Yugoslavia, Gavrilo Princip, Judeo-Spanish, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Ladino, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Nina Šalom Vučković, Rebecca West, Sarajevo, siege, Vukosava Čabrinović, World War I
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#BloggingBlackLamb on Remembering Yugoslavia
I am thrilled to be featured in the latest episode of the podcast Remembering Yugoslavia with Peter Korchnak about Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. You can listen here on wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
Herzegovina (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“Here in Mostar the really adventurous part of our journey began.” HERZEGOVINA, LIKE DALMATIA, is an historical region in the former Yugoslavia, serving no political or administrative purpose beyond its tie to Bosnia as the outline of that state. West … Continue reading
Expedition (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“There was everywhere the sweet-smelling scrub, and thickets of oleander, and the grey-blue swords of aloes; and on the lower slopes were olive terraces and lines of cypresses, spurting up with a vitality strange to see in what is black … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, book review, Books, Dalmatia, Gruda, Kotor, Montenegro, Perast, Rebecca West, Yugoslavia
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Dalmatia (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“But these people’s culture instructed them exactly how best they might live where they must live.” BY TRAIN REBECCA West and her husband travel from Zagreb to Sušak in Dalmatia. From there they travel by car and boat to several … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, The Former Yugoslavia
Tagged Austria, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy, Korcula, Mongolia, Mongols, Rab, Ragusa, Rebecca West, Salonae, Senj, Split, Susak, Trogir, Turkey, Venetians, Venice, Yugoslavia
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Croatia (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“Politics, always politics. In the middle of the night, when there is a rap on our bedroom door, it is politics.” (Croatia/Zagreb VII) ENDING THE JOURNEY of the previous chapter, Rebecca West and her husband arrive in Zagreb proper. Three … Continue reading
Journey (Blogging Black Lamb and Grey Falcon)
“These were exactly like all Aryan Germans I had ever known; and there were sixty millions of them in the middle of Europe.” (Journey) WITH HER HUSBAND Rebecca West travels by train from Salzburg, Austria, to Zagreb, the capital of … Continue reading
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