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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
"Because for us, the people from the Balkans, the biggest fear is to be left alone with each other. We have learned better than others what you do to your own brother."
Cannot recommend this more highly. A must read for anyone interested in the Balkans. Drakulić's style is flawless. Her observations are keen and her insight is invaluable. Immensely readable for people who live inside, and outside the region.
5 big, slightly muddy, stars.
5 big, slightly muddy, stars.
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This was utterly brilliant. A series of short essays of varied experiences of communism, which shows through the eyes of an individual so clearly the flaws, issues and limitations of living in a country under communist regime.
"Europa o kojoj sanjamo nije majka koja nešto duguje svojoj dugo zapostavljenoj djeci ni princeza kojoj se treba udvarati. Nije to ni vitez koji će nas osloboditi ropstva niti kolač ili jabuka u koje samo treba zagristi. Europa o kojoj sanjamo nije ni svilena haljina ni čarobna riječ demokracija, već ono što ćemo mi - zemlje, narodi i pojedinci od toga sna stvoriti."
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Read this book in undergraduate and still assign it for coursework as it is still relevant when looking at nationalism, communism, identity, and Europe among other topics. Additionally, Drakulić is entertaining and easy to read.
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http://nhw.livejournal.com/685280.html[return][return]Collection of short pieces (presumably newspaper columns) by this Croatian writer, who I have not previously read. To be honest, after the first third of it, I was ready to put the book down: too much whining about the state of the world, very much reminding me of why I didn't much like living in Zagreb in 1998: Croatia then seemed both smug and fragile, a curious combination. Things have improved, however, and every time I return to the country now I find myself liking it more and more as normality takes deeper root. The same was true of Drakuli's book: there were two really good pieces about Croatia's failure to deal with its fascist historical legacy, and about the psychology of Arkan's uniform, and after that it somehow all seemed to make more sense and become more readable. So, worth persevering with, though perhaps the editors should have chopped a bit more of the early stuff.