Why did you come to ? tritace iskustva The rewards for this lacerating moment of self-knowledge are nicely compromised. There is no golden prize, either emotional or intellectual – Alma’s essential nature remains unchanged, her ability to seize the moment unreliable and her fortunes mixed. But as a very old woman she is granted another moment of insight – enough to realise that her life, with all its disappointments, humiliations and missed opportunities, has been, in its own way, both beautiful and fortunate.
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