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Hall, Brian

 
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Synopsis

An account of the journey made by the author through Yugoslavia in the spring and summer of 1991, as Croatia and Slovenia were sliding into civil war. Recalls the attitudes of the people drawn from conversations Hall had with farmers, artists, defence fighters and politicians. First published in 1994.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

“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

In The Impossible Country, Brian Hall 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.

Biographie de l'auteur

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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