Michael’s Reviews > The Woman from Sarajevo > Status Update

“Such is the true nature of the animal that calls itself man: he will shift with every wind and tag along with anything as long as he is allowed to continue here on earth, under the sun, in any condition and shape and at any price.”

“[A]s she guides her needle and thread through the warp and woof of the stocking, Miss Raika lets her mind wander between daydreams and menories, dwelling now on one, now on the other, from stitch to stitch, from memory to memory, as if the needle were rethreading the whole fabric of her life.”