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Seven Signs of the Lion电子书

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作       者:Michael M. Naydan

出  版  社:Glagoslav Publications B.V.

出版时间:2018-01-01

字       数:47.6万

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The novel Seven Signs of the Lion is a magical journey to the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine. Part magical realism, part travelogue, part adventure novel, and part love story, it is a fragmented, hybrid work about a mysterious and mythical place. The hero of the novel Nicholas Bilanchuk is a gatherer of living souls, the unique individuals he meets over the course of his five-month stay in his ancestral homeland. These include the enigmatic Mr. Viktor, who, with one eye that always glimmers, in a dream summons him across the Atlantic Ocean to the city of lions, becoming his spiritual mentor; the genius mathematician Professor Potojbichny (a man of science with a mystical bent and whose name means “man from the other side”); the exquisite beauty Ada, whose name suggests “woman from Hades” in Ukrainian, whose being emanates irresistible sensuality, but who never lets anyone capture her beauty in a picture; the schizophrenic artist Ivan the Ghostseer, who lives in a bohemian hovel of a basement apartment and in an alcohol-induced trance paints the spirits of the city that torment him; and the curly-haired elfin Raya, whose name suggests “paradise” in Ukrainian and who becomes the primary guide and companion for Nicholas on his journey to self-realization. The hero is summoned to the land of his ancestors to find the “seven signs of the lion” in a mysterious quest. The multicultural and unique architectural aspects of the “city of lions” with its medieval old town dating back several centuries is showcased. Part cultural history, the novel deals with the legends and myths surrounding the city and its environs. Anglophone readers will be introduced to a country, a people and a culture that largely remain undiscovered for them.
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Title Page

COPYRIGHT

DISCLAIMER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

DEDICATION

HISSTORY

WHERE DREAMS HAPPEN, JOURNEYS FOLLOW

HEROES

SLIGHTLY REMEMBERED ANCESTORS

FLIGHT 4772 TO WARSAW

ARRIVAL

NO ONE EVER PUTS CHANGE IN YOUR HANDS

EVERYBODY PLOWS THROUGH YOU ON THE STREETS

ALMOST NO ONE SAYS THANK YOU IF YOU DO SOMETHING NICE FOR THEM

THE LVIV-KYIV EXPRESS

PAN VIKTOR

THE TASTY RUMOR CAFÉ

THE BEGGARS AT THE DOMINICAN CATHEDRAL

THE LECTURE AT THE ETHNOGRAPHIC

NATIONAL IDENTITY THEFT

THE SEER OF SPECTERS

THE UKRAINIAN TUTOR

IF YOU AWAKEN SLEEPING LIONS

THE NICHE TO NOWHERE

KNOWLEDGE IS A SPIRAL

CLUB PICASSO

ICON OF THE SAINT AND DEMON

THE INVISIBLE RIVER

WHERE DOES THE WATER GO?

BARBARA THE SOUL-STEALER

KEYS TO THE IRON GATE

THE CHUB

RAMIFICATIONS

THE WHITE RAVEN

THE BLUE BOTTLE CAFÉ

THE BLIND SINGERS

THE HALL OF SYMMETRY

THE CHAPEL OF THE BOIMS

THE GOLDEN DUCAT

THE BLUE ROSE

HOHOL

THE GUN POWDER TOWER

THE TALL WISPY WOMAN

A PASSAGE TO NOWHERE AT THE WHIRLYIGIG DZYGA

WHITE GLOVES AND THE BOOK OF SILENCE

THE ORBS AT PIDHIRTSI CASTLE

THE PLAY AT THE ZANKOVETSKY

KAVA

TRAIN 274: LVIV-FRANKIVSK

AKULA, THE SHARK

THE HOUSE ON SHEVCHENKO BOULEVARD

CELBRATION FRANKIVSK-STYLE

THE ANGEL OF CHAOS

SKULLWORDS

A SOIREE AT THE DZYGA WHIRLYGIG CAFÉ

HIGH CASTLE MOUNTAIN

A MORNING AT STEFANYK LIBRARY

AN AFTERNOON AT LYCHAKIV CEMETERY

NADYA’S INDECIPHERABLE EMAIL

CITY OF DREAMS OR WHAT?

THE OLD APOTHECARY

SHADOW SPIRITS ON THE CEILING

THE METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL

TIME IS NO LABYRINTH

THE STATUES IN THE ITALIAN GARDEN

THE DEJAVIEW AND THE INVISIBLE CAFÉ

THE ARKUBEET

A MOLFAR BY ANY OTHER NAME

THE LABORATORY OF PARANORMAL ACTIVITIES

THE FOUR STATUES AT RYNOK SQUARE

THE MANSARDS TO NOWHERE

NO CATS ALLOWED

TOURISTS IN THE OLD TOWN

ACUITY

THE MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES

THE BROKEN STONE STAIRWAY

THE CHURCH OF ST. MYKOLAI

SHEVCHENKIV HAI FOR THE BLESSING OF THE EASTER BASKETS

AN SMS

EASTER DAY IN LEOPOLIS

THE GOLDEN DUCAT IS HER FAVORITE PLACE

VV

IN SEARCH OF THE HIDDEN RIVER

HIGH CASTLE MOUNTAIN, BALD MOUNTAIN, AND SHEVCHENKIV HAI WITH ZHENYA

A CALL FROM A DISAPEARING AND REAPPEARING WOMAN

THE WAY TO PARADISE

THE PALACE OF CULTURE BOOK PRESENTATION

THE DEVIL’S CLIFF OR BUST

THE LION AT THE GOLDEN DUCAT

WAITING ON LIBERTY AVENUE

THE KHALEPA

KAMIANETS-PODILSKY

THE NEXT DAY

THE ROOM AT THE EDGE OF TOMORROW

THE VALLEY OF THE NARCISSI AND THE CASTLE AT MUKACHEVO

DROHOBYCH

A RECEPTION AT THE ITALIAN COURTYARD

THE MAGIC MAN OF KOSSIV

THE GUY IN IVAN FRANKO PARK

VYNNYKY BY THE LAKE

FONDLY FAREWELLING TO THE CARPATHIANS

THE PANICKED CALL

GREEN SUNDAY

SEVEN ANGELS, A TRIANGLE AND A FIRE IN THE BROW

THE LAZARUS STEPS

THE ZODIAC CAFÉ

THE GATHERING OF LIVING AND DEAD SOULS

SHAKESPEARE NOT THE BARD

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF NICHOLAS HAD GOTTEN ON THAT PLANE?

POSTSCRIPTUM

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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