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Through the Embers of Chaos, Balkan Journeys

Through the Embers of Chaos, Balkan Journeys

by Dervla Murphy

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 388 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

She's the best. This seventy-something Irish grandmother writes from the heart with authority and verve, interweaving three separate trips throughout the region with history, crack reportage and her usual astute observation. Her Balkan Journeys are three: a visit to Croatia over the holidays in 1991-92, a more extensive trip to Serbia in 1999 and a grand tour through Croatia, Boznia-Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo in 2000. She's no dilettante either, preferring to linger and to travel by foot or bicycle (or, in some cases, by mule).  (BLK43, $15.95)

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The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans

The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans


by Simon Winchester

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Winchester, who first encountered the Balkans on a road trip in the 1970s, returns to the region on a heart-wrenching, dramatic tour of the country in the midst of the 1999 Kosovo crisis. In his familiar and engaging style, he combines reflection, travel and interview in this portrait of a troubled place. (BLK64, $13.00)


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