La Vie En Rose for 2007 April 11

In celebration of the completion of the first draft of a thesis chapter (chapter two, as it turns out), I bring this you tidbit of my thesis (lucky you):

"One British officer wrote a "best-selling epic parody of Hiawatha" describing Salonkia:

Tiadatha thought of Kipling,
Wondered if he's ever been there
Thought: At least in Rue Egnatia
East and West are met together.

This is perhaps the best description of the atmosphere of the Balkan front: the meeting of east and west, with all the implicit reluctance, cleavages, and connections that such a meeting created."