TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER ONE
The~ took all my books and papers. The~
broke the cigarettes which were in the
suitcase in a cigarette case. The~
probabl~ thought that poets put their
espionage information into cigarettes?
I held a diplomatic passport. and
I protested, but the~ did their work
Quite phlegmaticall~. Later, all mv
papers were returned to me, in order.
The~ Questioned me. particularl~
about my aQuaintances in Rome, and about
Count Ciano •••
Then the~ asked me what was my
relationship with Count Ciano?
I said. official, "in accordance
with my rank.
He delivers his recollections of that interview in a
bitter tone.
That initial interview and the distrustful
attitude he encountered in England served to make him
feel all the more uncomfortable in a countr~
in which he
was to st~ for twent~
five ~ears.
During the war he worked for the Yugoslav
government-in-exile in London.
His position was not of
political significance in that he continued working in
the information office. but he was now a full official
of the government.
His link with the government during
the war confirmed the opinion of his enemies that he was
a ro~alist
and anti-communist. while their vitriolic
attacks against him confirmed Crnjanski in his belief
that danger waited for him if he returned home after the
war. The partisan victor~ during the Second World War
brought the Communist Part~ of Yugoslavia to power. The
communists set the terms of their government b~
establishing Yugoslavia as a people's republic, and in
the earl~ ~ears conducted campaigns against all who were