The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia - Softcover

Hall, Brian

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9780140249231: The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
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ISBN 10: 0140249230 ISBN 13: 9780140249231
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 1995

Synopsis

“A tragic portrait . . . presented with sympathy and frequently with humor . . . [of] a disparate people who were never united except by their resentment of a foreign conqueror.” – Atlantic Monthly

As war is breaking out in 1991, Brian Hall travels through Croatia, Serbia, and Kosovo to document the countries, their history, and their people. He relates his encounters with Serbs, Croats, and Muslims—“real people, likeable people” who are now overcome with suspicion and anxiety about one another. Hall takes the standard explanations, the pundits’ predictions, and the evening news footage and inverts our perceptions of the country, its politics, its history, and its seemingly insoluble animosities.

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About the Author

Brian Hall is the author of three novels, including I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company, his acclaimed story of the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as three works of nonfiction.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0140249230
ISBN 13 
9780140249231
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
352
Rating
  • 4.12 out of 5 stars
    415 ratings by Goodreads

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