Another Fool in the Balkans: In the Footsteps of Rebecca West - Softcover

White, Tony

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9781860111518: Another Fool in the Balkans: In the Footsteps of Rebecca West

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ISBN 10: 1860111513 ISBN 13: 9781860111518

Publisher: Cadogan Books, 2006

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In this engrossing and timely book, Tony White explores both South Eastern Europe itself, and the Western European fascination with "the Balkans". Following in the footsteps of Rebecca West--whose engaging and seminal travelogue Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: a journey through Yugoslavia, was published in 1945 and is still considered a masterpiece--in addition to other key contemporary writers and commentators, White paints vivid and revealing pictures of the cultural lives and landscapes in this fascinating region; drawing on the views and ideas he finds there, and extensive interviews with politicians, writers, and artists.

The Balkans are often unjustly depicted as a barbarous bridge between Europe and Asia, a territory that just can't help itself. Even sympathetic Western European writers have often "taken sides" in the way they've depicted this astonishing part of the world. White has gone in search of humor and humanity, as well as the historical background to these common misconceptions--though all the while he's conscious that he may well be just another fool in the Balkans.

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About the Author:

Tony White wrote a critically acclaimed novel Foxy-T (Faber and Faber) and was a featured writer in the All Hail the New Puritans anthology. Previously an editor on a UK art magazine, he is now Literary Editor of The Idler magazine. His fascination for the Balkans began during the early years of the war, and he was the first UK novelist to read his work in Belgrade following the fall of Milosevic. His fiction is published in the former Yugoslavia and he has given readings for the British Council in Croatia. He is co-editing an anthology of UK and former Yugoslavian fiction, with Matt Thorne, which will be published by Serpent's Tail in 2004. He lives in London.

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One of this year's key novels.' - Time Out An astonishing and audacious novel.' - Michael Bracewell

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