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"For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth."
- William Shakespeare
(1564 - 1616),
'A Midsummer Night's Dream',
Act 1 scene 1
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ZIN Product Number: 10182029
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 307 pages
Edition: 1st Vintage departures ed
Publisher: Random House, Incorporated
ISBN: 0679749810
Release Date: Jan 8, 1998
Average Reader Review:    (Based on 5 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
This is an account of Kaplan's travels in Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, and the former Yugoslavia.
| | | | From The Publisher
From the assassination that set off World War I to the ethnic warfare sweeping Bosnia and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century—the place where terrorism and genocide were first practiced as tools of policy. This enthralling political travelogue helps us understand that region's anguish. 16 pages of photos.
| | | | Annotation
From the assassination that set off World War I to the ethnic warfare sweeping Bosnia and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century--the place where terrorism and genocide were first practiced as tools of policy. This enthralling political travelogue helps us understand that region's anguish.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 5 Average Rating:
An excellent introduction to Europe's forgotten little child
-- A reviewer, October 8, 2001
Great book for beginners
-- Earl Jones, a computer programmer - Detroit, MI, February 20, 2001
Decent treatment of the Balkans in early-1990s
-- Giacomo, a cowboy, March 29, 2001
Also Recommended: Eastward to Tartary
A guide for a traveller
-- matt nelson, in the army, August 23, 2000
Biased Tour de Force
-- Sam Vaknin, the author of 'After the Rain', February 20, 2001
| | | | The Reader's Catalog
"Combines up-to-the-minute political reporting and literary, travel writing...[Kaplan's prose] is vivid, controlled, and sensitive"--New Yorker
| |  | | | | Preface | | | Acknowledgments | | | Map of the Balkans | | | Prologue: Saints, Terrorists, Blood, and Holy Water | | | Pt. 1 | Yugoslavia: Historical Overtures | | | 1 | Croatia: "Just So They Could Go to Heaven" | 3 | | 2 | Old Serbia and Albania: Balkan "West Bank" | 29 | | 3 | Macedonia: "A Hand Thirsting Towards the Realm of the Stars" | 49 | | 4 | The White City and Its Prophet | 71 | | Pt. 2 | Romania: Latin Passion Play | | | 5 | Athenee Palace, Bucharest | 79 | | 6 | The Danube's Bitter Kind | 100 | | 7 | Moldavia: "Conditioned to Hate" | 117 | | 8 | The Land Beyond Dracula's Castle: The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina | 134 | | 9 | Transylvanian Voices | 148 | | 10 | Transylvanian Tale: The Pied Piper's Children Go Back to Hamelin | 169 | | 11 | Last Glimpses: Timisoara and Bucharest | 181 | | Pt. 3 | Bulgaria: Tales from Communist Byzantium | | | 12 | "The Warmth of Each Other's Bodies" | 193 | | 13 | The Price of Friendship | 214 | | 14 | The Bad and the Good | 220 | | Pt. 4 | Greece: Western Mistress, Eastern Bride | | | 15 | Farewell to Salonika | 233 | | 16 | "Teach Me, Zorba. Teach Me to Dance!" | 249 | | 17 | The Secret History | 260 | | Epilogue: The Road to Adrianople | 282 | | Selected Bibliography | 288 | | Index | 297 |
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