Essential Prose: Leper Tango (Series #95) (Paperback)

from LukeS

A past world is revealed to us in Bianca Lakoseljac's haunting "Summer of the Dancing Bear," a world in which gypsy lore and culture play prominent roles. The author makes the discovery of this world deeply rewarding by using a risky gambit in portraying her heroine's consciousness. A girl strugg...

from zoe.r2005

I enjoyed reading Summer of the Dancing Bear by Bianca Lakoseljac. The novel tells the growth of a girl, Kata, in a village in the former Yugoslavia in 1960s. The novel starts with Kata's summer during which a child in the village disappears, which later causes the mother's death. As the story go...

from zoe.r2005

I enjoyed reading Summer of the Dancing Bear by Bianca Lakoseljac. The novel tells the growth of a girl, Kata, in a village in the former Yugoslavia in 1960s. The novel starts with Kata's summer during which a child in the village disappears, which later causes the mother's death. As the story go...