The Madonna On The Moon

Author : Rolf Bauerdick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307739759

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The Madonna on the Moon by Rolf Bauerdick Pdf

Winner of the European Book Award November, 1957. The Soviets have just launched the Sputnik, and communism rules in Eastern Europe, but the village of Baia Luna, nestled in the Carpathian mountains, is a world unto itself, populated with gypsy-philosophers and mysterious priests. But for fifteen-year-old Pavel Botev, this world begins to come apart the day teacher asks him to hang a photo of the new party secretary, then whispers a startling directive into his ear. “Send this man straight to hell. Exterminate him.” The next morning, she has disappeared. Once a priest turns up murdered, Pavel sets out on a journey for answers—one that leads him into the frontiers of a new life. By turns grippingly realist and enchantingly surreal, The Madonna on the Moon announces the arrival of an important new voice in fiction.

Author : Rolf Bauerdick
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307962232

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The Madonna on the Moon by Rolf Bauerdick Pdf

An award-winning journalist transforms his lifelong fascination with the world of the Gypsies into fiction with this exuberant, deeply enchanting debut novel—both whimsical and suspenseful—winner of the European Book Prize, and translated into more than a dozen languages worldwide. November 1957: As Communism spreads across Eastern Europe, strange events are beginning to upend daily life in Baia Luna, a tiny village nestled at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. As the Soviets race to reach the moon and Sputnik soars overhead, fifteen-year-old Pavel Botev attends the small village school with the other children. Their sole teacher, the mysterious and once beautiful Angela Barbulescu, was sent by the Ministry of Education, and while it is suspected that she has lived a highly cultured life, much of her past remains hidden. But one day, after asking Pavel to help hang a photo of the new party secretary, she whispers a startling directive in his ear: “Send this man straight to hell! Exterminate him!” By the next morning, she has disappeared. With little more to go on than the gossip and rumors swirling through his grandfather Ilja’s tavern, Pavel finds curiosity overcoming his fear when suddenly the village’s sacred Madonna statue is stolen and the priest Johannes Baptiste is found brutally murdered in the rectory. Aided by the Gypsy girl Buba and her eccentric uncle, Dimitru Gabor, Pavel’s search for answers leads him far from the innocent concerns of childhood and into the frontiers of a new world, changing his life forever.

Author : Richard Cameron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : English drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000353735

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Can't Stand Up for Falling Down ; The Moon's the Madonna by Richard Cameron Pdf

Author : George Ferguson
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Art
ISBN : 0195014324

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Signs & Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson Pdf

Examines the use and meaning of Christian symbols found in Renaissance art.

Author : Fred Gustafson
Publisher : Daimon
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783856307202

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The Black Madonna of Einsiedeln by Fred Gustafson Pdf

History and description of the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

Author : Paul Madonna
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 0872864561

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All Over Coffee by Paul Madonna Pdf

A new voice and vision for art as comics and comics as art -- and poetry.

Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Christian art and symbolism
ISBN : HARVARD:32044034301770

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Legends of the Madonna by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Pdf

Author : Anna Jameson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368164010

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Legends of the Madonna by Anna Jameson Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Christian art and symbolism
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5IW4

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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Pdf

Author : Anna Brownell Jameson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001101397128

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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Anna Brownell Jameson Pdf

Author : Anna Jameson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z253532107

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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Anna Jameson Pdf

Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020547687

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Legends of the Madonna, as represented in the fine Arts. Forming the third series of Sacred and Legendary Art. Illustrated by drawings, etc by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Pdf

Author : Estelle M. Hurll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 1861717628

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The Madonna in Art by Estelle M. Hurll Pdf

A book about representations of the Virgin Mary in art. The book (first published in 1898) is illustrated by works of the many incarnations of the Madonna in art history, including mother and child, the pastoral Madonna, the Madonna in adoration, and the Madonna enthroned.

Author : S. A. Jones
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1742586031

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Isabelle of the Moon and Stars by S. A. Jones Pdf

Ever since 'the incident' two years ago, Isabelle has been stuck in a dead-end job and has struggled to find her feet. It takes all of her determination to ward off 'The Black Place' that always threatens to devour her. Her best friend Evan is her safe place. They laugh at each other's jokes, share the same interests and take the piss out of each other with the ruthless efficiency of long acquaintance. Sex isn't an issue because Evan has made a bargain with God to keep it in his pants and Isabelle is still recovering from being deserted by her fiance Karl. Then just as Evan reconsiders his vow, Isabelle contrives a bizarre passion for her boss, Jack. Everything implodes one suffocatingly hot Australia Day. Escaping the resulting chaos, Isabelle flees to Prague where she must finally confront her fears.

Author : Mrs. Jameson (Anna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433090232236

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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson (Anna) Pdf