Characters in this book incredulously repeat the phrase "the aunt of George Bernard Shaw" in several languages to conÂrmwith a gardener that she was buried in a random house.
Characters in this book incredulously repeat the phrase "the aunt of George Bernard Shaw" in several languages to conÂrmwith a gardener that she was buried in a random house. In a cafe, its narrator imagines two officers playing a million gamesof billiards to determine their fates. The author of this book sorrowfully concludes that the world is "an abominable bloodloggedplain, where people who love go out to Âfight people who hate," after learning that a defeated prince chose a heavenlykingdom over an earthly one, when Elijah appeared to him in the form of the second title character. In a memorable passagefrom this book, the narrator describes touching the blackened, mummifiÂed hand of that prince. The narrator of this book developsa pathological hatred for several Germans, especially Gerda, the wife of her guide Constantine, but looks fondly uponher chauffeur Dragutin. For this book's 1941 publication, its author wrote a foreword lauding the region where it's set forresisting Nazi invasion. For 10 points, name this classic work of travel literature in which Rebecca West describes her six weeksin Yugoslavia.
Characters in this book incredulously repeat the phrase "the aunt of George Bernard Shaw" in several languages to conÂrmwith a gardener that she was buried in a random house.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon