From the award-winning author of The Bookseller of Kabul comes a fascinating insight into the lives of ordinary Serbs under Milosevic and the dramati c events leading up to his fall.
Åsne Seierstad’s first book, which some consider to be her best, follows fourteen Serbs whose lives were transformed over the course of sixteen months. With characteristic perception and honesty, Seierstad offers an intimate portrait of these individuals, and a vivid study of the civil war and its aftermath. First published in 2000, WITH THEIR BACKS TO THE WORLD was updated extensively by the author in 2004.
For THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL:
- 'A remarkable portrait …Seierstad was fascinated by everything she witnessed, and her curiosity and perceptive eye colours every page’ Independent
- 'Stunning …it deserves to sell well: it is quite unlike anything else’ Observer
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- 'A colourful portrait … bear[s] witness to the power of literature to withstand even the most repressive regime’ Michael Arditti, Mail
Paperback:
£7.99
Published 13/10/2005
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