A tale of newcomers and a change in the pace and habits of a Croatian village, which becomes increasingly evident as a scene of recent catastrophe and intense ongoing tension. The mix of domestic woes, individuals adapting to altered situations and the huge, savage history underlying the setting is, in the main, effective, even if the pacing might have tightened up a little at the beginning of the novel. The sense of allegory and incidents foreshadowing and echoing events revealed later in the narrative probably makes this a good book for re-reading.
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