Summary
Amidst The Sand,
‘I’m but a tree, hence I cannot help you. My own roots are stuck in the belly of Mother Earth, hence I cannot reach you. No eyes adorn my bark, hence I cannot cry for you.’
In the year 1500, a tree tormented by his own memory and prejudice against society, makes a moral journey throughout Europe of the 16th century, where he learns to live trough the eyes of various figures.
- 1 Chapter 1 - Of brutalities and dissent
- 2 Chapter 2 - The vendor who aspired to be king
- 3 Chapter 3 - The mother with cold eyes
- 4 Chapter 4 - A farewell
- 5 Chapter 5 - The poet
- 6 Chapter 6 - Of romance and parlours
- 7 Chapter 7 - The altar
- 8 Chapter 8 - The prestige of war
- 9 Chapter 9 - Those distant days - 1211
- 10 Chapter 10 - Crying aloud - 1211
- 11 Chapter 11 - Regardless of all that brought terror - 1211
- 12 Chapter 12 - The band of soldiers
- 13 Chapter 13 - The child by the merchant stand
- 14 Chapter 14 - On the topic of raw fish - 1211
- 15 Chapter 15 - Young indulgence - 1211
- 16 Chapter 16 - As I gathered my valour - 1213
- 17 Chapter 17 - Of those laying upon the grass - 1213
- 18 Chapter 18 - Beautiful fools - 1213
- 19 Chapter 19 - An ineffectual struggle - 1215
- 20 Chapter 20 - We were but children - 1215
- 21 Chapter 21 - The emperor’s crown - 1220
- 22 Chapter 22 - The young man before me - 1220
- 23 Chapter 23 - Those distant nights- 1220
- 24 Chapter 24 - Palermo - 1220
- 25 Chapter 25 - When sleep fails us - 1220
- 26 Chapter 26 - A trinket between novelties
- 27 Chapter 27 - On the subject of art and history
- 28 Chapter 28 - One day in autumn - 1227
- 29 Chapter 29 - A game by the fire - 1227
- 30 Chapter 30 - The grace of a sunrise - 1227
- 31 Chapter 31 - Passing of a friend - 1227
- 32 Chapter 32 - On the stone floor - 1227
- 33 Chapter 33 - The king of Germany - 1227
- 34 Chapter 34 - The enmity of man - 1228
- 35 Chapter 35 - Of shattered glass and wine stains - 1228
- 36 Chapter 36 - The trial - 1228
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