Nice People Don’t Mention Such Things
Nice People Don’t Mention Such Things

Summary/Abstract: An acquaintance of mine in Zagreb once introduced me to the love of his life. She was a quiet, pale little woman who exuded calm. “I’m going to marry her,” said my acquaintance. “She’s a wonderful sleeper, she can sleep for twenty hours a day,” he explained, tenderly. Now they are happily married. This little real-life episode may serve as a preface to the interpretation of a love story. Let us say, at once, that what we mean is the love between East and West Europe. And let us say, also, that in our story Eastern Europe is that sleepy, pale beauty, although for the time being there is little prospect of an imminent marriage.

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