CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction: New Songs from the West 1
6. 1 Adonis in the Grasslands 12
7. 2 Stone Walls and Falcons 22
8. 3 Herons and Heroines 30
9. 4 In Praise of Goats 41
10. 5 The High Tatras 54
11. 6 And Time Stopped Unravelling 77
12. 7 Everywhere a Foreigner, Nowhere a Stranger 90
13. 8 The New Greece 100
14. 9 The Black Tysa 119
15. 10 The World Stained Red 145
16. 11 The Bears of Synevyr 165
17. 12 The Bridge at Slatina 184
18. 13 Travels in an Armchair 200
19. 14 Hearts like Flags 209
20. 15 The Forester’s Tale 224
21. 16 The Bullet or the Bin 238
22. 17 A Wave of Madness 250
23. 18 To the Stone Pub 257
24. 19 The Gypsies of the Őrkő 277
25. 20 Wolf, Lamb, Leopard 284
26. 21 The Future of Mankind 300
27. 22 On Chicken Mountain 315
28. 23 Rivers of Gold 335
29. 24 Hercules and the Hydra 349
30. Further Reading 359
31. Index 368