Importance of Barba Ivan and Nada's House, the Vineyard

The home of Barba Ivan and his wife Nada, where Natalia and Zora stay while they're in Brejevina, is welcoming and pleasant, decorated with pictures, hand drawn by a number of different hands, of their deceased son's dog. The vineyard on their property is the setting for a search, conducted by a group of "diggers," for a body left there several years ago. Later in the narrative, the vineyard is the setting for an ancient death ritual that, in turn, serves as the trigger for Natalia's journey into the countryside where she meets what she thinks is the "mora" (see below).