Story about a woman's fate. Eighty-year-old Eva spent her whole life in a mountain village. It is here that she married Georgi, who was soon murdered. It is here that she remarried the loneliest Spiridon out of pity. It is here that she experienced a revolution, a civil war, and collectivization. It is here that she learned Spiridon's grim secret. Now Eva lives in the deserted village with her grandson. The boy stayed with his grandmother, believing that the village will revive. N-13