Bibliograph

Black lamb and grey falcon ;, a journey through Yugoslavia, by Rebecca West

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Black lamb and grey falcon ;, a journey through Yugoslavia, by Rebecca West

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1151-1158)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black lamb and grey falcon ;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

396277

Responsibility statement

by Rebecca West

Sub title

a journey through Yugoslavia

Summary

The black lamb referred to was a sacrifice offered up at a pagan rite Miss West attended on St. George's Eve among the mountains not far from the Greek frontier. The grey falcon is the symbolic bird in a celebrated Serbian folk poem. Together, these creatures stand as a symbol of why the Balkans have become the "tinder-box of Europe." The black lamb of the tortured, dark Slav soul and the grey falcon of the invaders represent a land that Miss West has loved and pitied and admired, and which, through the pages of her book, will live forever. -- Book jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Journey -- Croatia -- Dalmatia -- Expedition -- Herzegovina -- Bosnia -- Serbia -- Macedonia -- Old Serbia -- Montenegro -- Epilogue

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