A Serbian VillageHarper & Row, 1967 - 358 pages |
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Page 132
... never had in their youth . Slatko as well as a variety of sponge cakes , tortes , and cookies prepared for special occasions were all introduced from the towns within the last forty years . As a result , most villagers attribute their ...
... never had in their youth . Slatko as well as a variety of sponge cakes , tortes , and cookies prepared for special occasions were all introduced from the towns within the last forty years . As a result , most villagers attribute their ...
Page 232
... never refer to events by the formal calendar but use the one most prac- tical for their means : the dates when the first snow falls , when the grapes ripen , when Branko returned from the war , and when Slobodanka's baby is due are all ...
... never refer to events by the formal calendar but use the one most prac- tical for their means : the dates when the first snow falls , when the grapes ripen , when Branko returned from the war , and when Slobodanka's baby is due are all ...
Page 296
... never been to other parts of the country or have never met any fellow Yugo- slavs . A traveler through Serbia will be warned to enjoy all the good food he can , for he will not get it in Croatia ; to realize that people will not be as ...
... never been to other parts of the country or have never met any fellow Yugo- slavs . A traveler through Serbia will be warned to enjoy all the good food he can , for he will not get it in Croatia ; to realize that people will not be as ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
FIGURES | 17 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Copyright | |
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