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With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia
From beloved international reporter Ã...ne Seierstad comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have followed. Seierstad traveled extensively through Serbia between 1999 and 2004, following the lives of people from across the political spectrum. Her moving and perceptive account follows nationalists, Titoists, Yugonostalgics, rock stars, fugitives, and poets. Seierstad brings her acclaimed attention to detail to bear on the lives of those whom she encounters in With Their Backs to the World, as she creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation made up of so many different-and often conflicting-hopes, dreams, and points of view.
Book Details
- Publisher: Basic Books
- Publish Date: Nov 7th, 2006
- Pages: 352
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.94in - 0.94in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780465076024
- Categories: • Eastern Europe - General
About the Author
Åsne Seierstad is an award-winning journalist who has reported from such war-torn regions as Chechnya, China, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The author of A Hundred and One Days as well as The Bookseller of Kabul, she lives in Norway.
Praise for this book
"Readers of The Bookseller of Kabul will not be surprised to see Seierstad applying the same eye for revealing detail here."
"This book is part travelogue and part social and political document, giving voice to Serbs...a vivid and vital image of life in the country during and after its civil war."