Days In The Caucasus - Banine Oevers De walvissen in Glasgow is

De walvissen in Glasgow is een mooie mix van zijn poëtische taal

Hij weet dat elk schepje suiker mensenlevens kost

Zijn naam is Lalo Molfino

waarmee hij welbewust mikt op eeuwige roem

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Days In The Caucasus - Banine Oevers De walvissen in Glasgow isWe all know families that are poor but 'respectable'. Mine, in contrast, was extremely rich but not 'respectable' at all This is the unforgettable memoir of a childhood spent in Azerbaijan in the turbulent early twentieth century, caught between East and West, tradition and modernity. Banine remembers her luxurious home, her beloved German governess and her imperious Muslim grandmother. She recalls how the Bolsheviks came, and how amid revolution and