Lawrence, D: Sea and Sardinia
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Sprache:Englisch
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Verlag:External catalogues UK
Fr. 34.90
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
30.04.2013
Verlag
External catalogues UKSeitenzahl
76
Maße (L/B/H)
24.6/18.9/0.4 cm
Gewicht
167 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-150-48194-9
Excerpt: ... were we French? Then he went on to say there was a war-but he thought it was finished. There was a war because the Austrians wanted to come into Italy Pg 182 again. But the French and the English came to help Italy. A lot of Sardinians had gone to it. But let us hope it is all finished. He thought it was-young men of Sorgono had been killed. He hoped it was finished. Then he reached for the candle and peered at the kid. It was evident he was the born roaster. He held the candle and looked for a long time at the sizzling side of the meat, as if he would read portents. Then he held his spit to the fire again. And it was as if time immemorial were roasting itself another meal. I sat holding the candle. A young woman appeared, hearing voices. Her head was swathed in a shawl, one side of which was brought across, right over the mouth, so that only her two eyes and her nose showed. The q-b thought she must have toothache-but she laughed and said no. As a matter of fact that is the way a head-dress is worn in Sardinia, even by both sexes. It is something like the folding of the Arab's burnoose. The point seems to be that the mouth and chin are thickly covered, also the ears and brow, leaving only the nose and eyes exposed. They say it keeps off the malaria. The men swathe shawls round their heads in the same Pg 183 way. It seems to me they want to keep their heads warm, dark and hidden: they feel secure inside. She wore the workaday costume: a full, dark-brown skirt, the full white bodice, and a little waistcoat or corset. This little waistcoat in her case had become no more than a shaped belt, sending up graceful, stiffened points under the breasts, like long leaves standing up. It was pretty-but all dirty. She too was pretty, but with an impudent, not quite pleasant manner. She fiddled with the wet napkins, asked us various questions, and addressed herself rather jerkily to the old man, who answered hardly at all-Then she...
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