The MazeJonathan Cape, 2004 - 364 pàgines Set in Anatolia in 1922, The Maze is the story of a retreating Greek brigade that has lost its way. It is pursued by a Turkish army that seeks to avenge three years of Greek occupation. No help is forthcoming. Commanded by a brigadier with a passion for Greek mythology and an addiction to morphia, the brigade's only chance of salvation is to reach the Mediterranian coast and sail home. As the army wanders through the Anatolian desert, their internal divisions become more pronounced and their dementias more florid. Eventually they reach a small town, up until now untouched by the war, which is run by a simple minded mayor and is peopled by a gallery of wonderfully strange characters. Whe the soldiers leave at last, a tragedy has taken place and the town has changed forever. |
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Anatolia animal Annina army asked began boots Brigadier Nestor carried church closed continued corporal covered cross dark door dust enemy entered eyes face fact Father Simeon feel feet felt fingers fire floor followed front gave glass hand happened head heard heavy held horse inside knew later leave Lieutenant light lips lived looked lorry Major Porfirio mayor medic mind moment moved never night nodded noticed officer once orderly padre passed piece pocket rain raised reason remembered removed rest returned round schoolmaster searched seemed shoulders side slowly smile soldiers soon sound square started stood stopped street taken tent thing thought tion took town turned Violetta voice waiting walked wall watched wind window woman young Yusuf