The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans Paperback - 2000
by Simon Winchester
The bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" turns his journalistic skills to the eternal strangeness of southeast Europe, the region known as the Balkans, and goes behind the headlines to offer a true picture of a region always on the brink. Maps.
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A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come
The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both cultural and topographical. And, as Simon Winchester superbly demonstrates in this intimate portrait of the region, much of the political strife of the past century can be traced to its inherent contrasts. With the aid of a guide and linguist, Winchester traveled deep into the region's most troublesome areas--including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, and Turkey--just as the war was tearing these countries apart. The result is a book not just about war but also about how war affects the living. Both timeless and current, The Fracture Zone goes behind the headlines to offer a true picture of a region that has always been on the brink. Winchester's remarkable journey puts all the elements together--the faults, the fractures, and the chaos--to make sense out of a seemingly senseless place.
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- Title The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans
- Author Simon Winchester
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date October 1, 2000
- Features Maps
- ISBN 9780060954949 / 0060954949
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 in (20.32 x 13.21 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Balkan
- Cultural Region: Baltic
- Cultural Region: Eastern Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Balkan Peninsula - History, Balkan Peninsula - Description and travel
- Dewey Decimal Code 949.6
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