In reading a commentary on the Psalter, the author examines Psalm 23,4 in the Hebrew and arrives at eight words (so far so good) and eleven syllables. His division of this verse as it pertains to syllable division is where I get a little lost. I couldn't arrive at the same number he did and was c...

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All I can remember is one character, a mouse called Nils. I think he had a sword and was quite daring. And that’s it, I’m afraid- no idea of the plot, setting or any other details. I probably read it in the 1960s but I’ve no idea when it was written.

Searches in the catalogues of the British Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale in France, and the Library of Congress in the United States, as well as at Worldcat.com, didn't unearth anything to suggest that this novel by Alexander Kazbegi has ever been published in translation...but perhaps a pub...