TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER FIVE
absurd and a~ien in the mirror. Pu~~in~
on his red tunic he was certain that it
was someone e~se dressin~. and not he.
and that the someone e~se was about to
~eave the room. ~ookin~ spruce, and not
he.
In another passaae Vuk fee~s himse~f as if two peop~e.
";ledan ko;li ;la.e. ur~a. ma.e sab~jom. fitazi reke. tr6i po
senka. kora6a kraj njefita i fitleda i 6uti" ("one who
rides. shouts. waves his sword. wades across rivers.
runs throufith the uproar and fires from his pisto~ ••. and
the other who ca~m~y. ~ike a shadow. marches by his side
and observes and stayS si~ent" 4).
The dua~ity of bein~ which Vuk fee~s here is a~so
fe~t by Pav~e in Drufita knjifita seoba when he enters the
Russian embassy to ask for a commission in the Russian
army I
Pos~e podne. u odre&eno vreme. Isakovi6
je u.ao u rosijsko pos~anstvo. u
LeoPo~d.tatu. u pratnji Afitafitijani;) ana,
kao da ~a opet u arest vode. Bio;)e
pofitnuo fit~avu i video je sebe. me4u mno~im
ofitleda~ima. kao da posto;)i ;)0. jedan
Isakovi6. koji ponav~ja svaki n;)efitov
korak i. kroz ofitledala. prolazi. Od
du~oc 6ekan;)a, u jednom, po~umra6nom
predsoblju. Isakovi6u se umori.e 06i i
njemu se 6inilo da. kraj nilefita. nikofit
nema, neco da fita same n;)efitova senka. kad
pro&e kraj nekofit kandelabra, prati (5).
In the afternoon. at the appointed time.
Isakovi6 entered the Russian embassy in
Leopo~dstadt. accompanied by
Asaaijanijan. as if he was beinfit taken
into custody a~ain. He had hunfit his head
and he saw himse~f. amonfitst the many
mirrors, as if another Isakovi6 exists.
who repeats his every step and passes
throufith the mirrors. ISakovi6's eyes
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