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448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1978
Here is a conclusion I have reached: leaving the question of God aside, I certainly won't lose sleep over "the fatherland." I have seen what total devotion to it may entail. Partial devotion to it may imply treason, but a true and total devotion to the fatherland, such as Timo's, would be sheer madness. Or is there yet another alternative? Or all possibilities in this world simply alternatives? Even in the "gently swaying separate world of the reeds at dusk"?
…la storia non si ferma mai e … i sogni dei sognatori sono destinati a venir sognati di nuovo, ancora e ancora…
Signori, occorre avere melma al posto del sangue per tollerare simili offese… per non nominare le migliaia di persone assassinate dai nostri sedicenti tribunali… Io chiedo: chi siamo? Il bestiame della famiglia Romanov?