Set in the idyllic landscape of rural Bohemia in the 1930s, this is the tragic love story of Jarmila, the village beauty, and a toy maker who falls under her siren spell. The wife of the far older local feather-merchant, Jarmila enjoys all the pleasures her husband’s wealth can buy, yet still longs for true love which she hopes to find in her affair with the penniless toy-maker. When she conceives a child by him, he urges her to leave her husband for a life of love and freedom in ...
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Ernst Weiss (1884-1940) was born in Brünn (now Brno) in Bohemia. He worked as a doctor and served in The First World War. In 1938 Weiss emigrated to France. He committed suicid...
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 96 ● ISBN 9781908968814 ● 文件大小 0.2 MB ● 翻译者 Petra Howard-Wuerz & Rebecca Morrison ● 出版者 Pushkin Press ● 市 London ● 国家 GB ● 发布时间 2013 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2660032 ● 复制保护 社会DRM