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The hodja swore, Karaibrahim thrust a hand into his red saddlebags and drew
out a pistol. The little cowherd rose to his feet, whistled to his cows and dashed
away up the yellow meadow. The small red cows gambolled after him like goats,
...
The hodja swore, Karaibrahim thrust a hand into his red saddlebags and drew
out a pistol. The little cowherd rose to his feet, whistled to his cows and dashed
away up the yellow meadow. The small red cows gambolled after him like goats,
...
Page 78
Until one day when he drew the pistol from his brother Syuleiman's case, and
shot at his breast. The pistol misfired. (I remembered the trial with the pistols, and
it came into my mind that Syuleiman Aga may truly have believed that God would
...
Until one day when he drew the pistol from his brother Syuleiman's case, and
shot at his breast. The pistol misfired. (I remembered the trial with the pistols, and
it came into my mind that Syuleiman Aga may truly have believed that God would
...
Page 170
He pressed the pistol in his left hand to the swollen bagpipe and shot into it.
There was a shot. Not all at once, but trailing off like the air escaping from the
pierced bagpipe, the playing and the singing stopped. The horo froze. But at one
end of ...
He pressed the pistol in his left hand to the swollen bagpipe and shot into it.
There was a shot. Not all at once, but trailing off like the air escaping from the
pierced bagpipe, the playing and the singing stopped. The horo froze. But at one
end of ...
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Contents
My Head Ill GiveMy Faith I Will Not Give | 101 |
page | 185 |
A Year Later | 355 |
Copyright | |
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Aegean Sea Aga's alive Allah asked Balkandji began blood breast brother Bulgarian Candia cast cave chans Chepino child courtyard cried cross dark dead Delyo dogs earth Elindenya Elitsa eyes face faith father feet fell felt fire flocks forest Goran Grand Vizier Granny Srebra grass grew Gyulfie haidouts hair hand Hassan Hodja head heard heart horse howling hundred Ismail Bey Janissaries Karaibrahim kaval kill knife Konak light lips looked Manol meadow Mircho Momchil mountain night notables Old Galoushko Old Kralyo passed Petglassets pistol Podviss priest Prossoina rapier remembered Rhodopa Rhodope Mountains rocks rose seemed Sevda sheep shepherds Sherko shone shoulders shouted silent Spahis spoke spruce stone stood stopped Sultan Syuleiman Aga tell terrible thought tree Tsepina Turkish Turks turned valley veranda village voice Voivoda Vrazhou Kehaya waited wall wanted weeping wind woman women words yataghan Yurouks
Bibliographic information
| Title | Time of parting: a novel |
| Author | Anton Donchev |
| Publisher | Owen, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 379 pages |
| Subjects | Bulgaria |
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