Garden of Venus

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Eva Stachniak. Garden of Venus

EVA STACHNIAK. The Garden of Venus

Contents

PART ONE

BERLIN, 1822: Water. Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

PART TWO

BERLIN, 1822: Laudanum. Thomas

Sophie

Sophie Kisielev

Sophie

The Graf

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

The German musicians

Sophie

Olga

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

PART THREE

BERLIN 1822: Opium. Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Olga

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Olga

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Sophie Kisielev

PART FOUR

BERLIN, 1822: Morphine. Sophie

Sophie Kisielev

Sophie

General Kisielev

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

Thomas

Sophie

The musicians

Sophie

Pavel Dimitrievich Kisielev

Sophie

Pavel Dimitrievich Kisielev

Sophie

Rosalia

Sophie

Thomas

Historical Note

Acknowledgements

Copyright

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Title Page

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Mana says these tiny birds are the souls of the odalisques the Sultan sent to their deaths. Drowned in the Bosphorus, in brown burlap sacks, their hands tied, their mouths gagged. In this world it is better to be a dog than a woman, Mana says, for she has seen carriages stop for a dog lying in the sun. She has seen servants get out, lift the dog up, and carry it out of the way.

The fishermen come back from the sea with swordfish, red and grey mullet, sea bass, lobsters and mussels. Sprats are caught with a lantern. The light reflected in the water makes the fish blind, she has heard, and they do not see the net.

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