TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER THREE
oblaci~ ~~ini mu se da se slivaju ~ole.
kao i o~romni potoci kamenja sa vrhova.
pod kojima su belila se ~itava polja
duboko~ sne~a i velikih. tamnih senki
stena.
Kroz jelovinu. on se peo za
pukom. iz~ubiv posle uoplte iz vida
zemlju i sela. dole. Cvr~anje lev~i.
paoca i ~lav~ina uspavljivalo ~a je kao i
neprekidni lum. pod kolima. opalih
~ran~ica i i~ala. Ito'su bile posule
planinu. meke kao mahovina. tako da je
to~ak zapadao ~itav pedalj (56).
Groanine with the pain in ,the wacon. it
seemed to him as ir the rain. to which
there was no end. had been ralline ror
s.v.ral davs, and in whioh no~ onlv hi.
wife and children. but also his former
life and evervthinc which h. could see
tlowed otr him. Havine seen rrom the
wacon. above the hich hill •• the cloud.
pas.ina bv. it a •• med to him that thev
flowed below. like huee torrents ot stone
trom the hilltops. under which whole
rields ot deep snow and of tall. dark
shadow. ot clitt. shone white.
Throueh the pine forest he
climbed behind his re~iment. havin~ lost
trom si~ht Qompletelv the land and
villa~es below. The squeakin~ of the
boards, spokes and hub. lulled him to
sleep as did the continual murmurin~.
under the wa~on.
of rallen twies and
needles. Which cov.red the mountain. .ort
as mos •• as the wheel S'Cl..Itk eMe. ""'h~/t!-
11 rJ.N1I, S:fJ4A.
Vuk'. journ.v i. measur.d bv the alt.rnatine periOds or
pain and sle.p which punctuat. the proer.ss of the cart.
Th. rain, which seem. to have been rallinc tor davs.
unlike the narrator's precise mea.urement or the
dUration or events. contrasts with the .mphasis on the
movement ot the cart bv each turn of the wheel.
Hi.
memories or hi. tamilv and whole past lire which h. s.es
in each pa.sine moment .lip awav rrom hi. con.ciou.n ••••
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