The Widow of the South

I've finished "The Widow of the South" by Robert Hicks. I've read it in English. Anyway I think it's not translated. It's novel about Civil War in USA. About brave man who holding only the colours run trough the battlefield to enemy's side. And his life was spared. Nobody knew why. He was taken prisoner and later was brought to hospital, which had been set up in house not far from famous Tennesee battlefield.And this man fell in love with owner of the house - Carrie McGavock, who had been already married and had children.

Novel is based on true events. Author found documents, letters, photos belonged to Carrie. Here some of them can be viewed. Story is really amazing not just because of true events. It has some episodes when reader can feel acute tension. Most passionate chapter is one when Carrie is beating her beloved up.

Author made a great work and this novel without any doubt is worthwhile.

And I want to add that reading this book can be compared with walking around the cemetery in sunny summer day. There is a small cemetery near my grandparent's house. And sometimes I like to go there and feel calmness...

Monday walk

Today I and my friend Mary went to the excursion to Presidental Library. Before we were let inside we had been checked like at the airport. Our guide looked like Oksana Fyodorova (Miss Universe 2001), but not like scientist. I know that it's very difficult to get a card to this VIP-library. But I realised that access to reading rooms is useless. You aren't allowed to take necessary book and you can look through it only using computer. So it's better to go to other ordinary library.

After this 20-minutes excursion we got outside this unpleasant building and saw a very common for St.Petersburg but very interesting natural phenomenon. One part of the sky were pastoral blue. Another part was dark. And the border was very clear. We went to see New Holland Island, which will be destroyed soon... Although people aren't let to go to the island, it's my favourite place. Huge gates and brick-red buildings are majestic!!! I am addicted to industrial architecture!!!

At the end of our walk Mary showed me second-hand bookshop where I found two postcards kit: reproductions of paintings by Grigory Soroka and Alber Marquet. I like Marquet's style very much. Especially his "St. Trinity Square in Paris" (1911). It's breathtaking view, isn't it?...