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...

Me and the Moon

I was walking home today when I suddenly saw the Moon. The sky was light blue and the Moon was white. And I remembered my childhood. When I was a child my father told me that small boy and girl eating chocolate can be seen on he Moon. I always thought that the boy should look like Little Prince from Antoine de Saint Exupéry's story.

Today I was walking home and it was really strange to realize that the Moon is still the same, but I'm not.

How I ended this summer

Have just returned home from the cinema. Movie I watched called "How I ended this summer" by Alexei Popogrebski.

It got 3 Bears at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival this year. Two Silver Bears for best actors: Grigori Dobrygin and Sergei Puskepalis. And one for outstanding artistic achievement in the category camera (Pavel Kostomarov).

Whithout any doubt "How I ended this summer" is thriller, because story keeps viewers in suspence. And it seems to me that script is written in a style reminiscent of Hitchcock's stories. It reminded me of the play "Rope" by Patrick Hamilton. Thriller film with the same name was directed by Hitchcock in 1948.

"How I ended this summer" is story about fear, fib, frienship, lonelyness... My friend Nastya felt sad about the heroes. But for me the last picture said everything about the main theme of movie. Popogrebski filmed a brilliant drama. And it's about hope.

I recommend to watch this movie. It is worth while!