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  <default_description>From the best-selling author of &lt;I&gt;The Bookseller of  Kabul&lt;/I&gt;, an account of thirteen ordinary Serbian people and how their  lives changed before, during, and after the fall of Milosevic. &lt;P&gt; From beloved international reporter &#197;sne 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.  &lt;P&gt; Seierstad brings her acclaimed attention to detail to bear on the lives of  those whom she encounters in &lt;I&gt;With Their Backs to the World&lt;/I&gt;, as she  creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation made up of so many  different-and often conflicting-hopes, dreams, and points of view.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book provides many interesting perspectives about the recent history of Serbia.  The book consists of fourteen chapters, each relating the time the author spent with a different Serbian individual or family.  She meets a wide range of people, including a convicted war criminal's wife, higher up...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75032449">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was pretty sceptical about this book to begin with, but I have to say Seierstad does a wonderful job of going beyond the general and theoretical. It is a very depressing book, even more so since I've been to Serbia twice (and Kosovo once) and I feel like I've actually met each of them.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Being a croatian national, I could understand the social aspect of characters as many of them would perfectly fit into society in Croatia. I can only wonder what would this people have to say today, with some big changes that happen since the book was written. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed &quot;meeting&quot; all of the diverse people in Seirstad's book.  One interview in particular gave me pause:  An older couple tells Seirstad that they understand all about the political situation in their country because they've heard about it on TV (Milosevic-controlled TV).  It made me ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41522663">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Starting out, I understood little about Serbia and the conflicts that were so destructive in the 90's.  Having read Seierstad's book, I almost feel that I've visited the area and talked to the people myself.  Her approach is so human and so humane that she seems able to get inside the skins of leade...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/412796">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really fascinated by this region. I've read a few books now in an attempt to really nail down an understanding of what happened during the conflict and why. Although this was an excellent book, I still don't entirely understand the nature of the divisions between each group though it's getting a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1741945">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want to get a feel for Serbia and Serbs in general without wading through boring history books etc, read this. It's a cross section of Serbian society and has a really humane approach. Seierstad doesn't judge (at least not much) the people she writes about and you get the stories of those who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38172147">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[She offers a look at the personal side of conflicts, which at times helps to clarify why things are the way they are in grand scale. <br/><br/>Clean, neat writing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[it is a great account of the lives of some people living in Serbia by a Norwegian writer. Highly recomended.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is about a Norwegian journalist's interactions with various Serbians over a few years. Each chapter is about a different person, and she has done a nice job of varying the types of people she interviews. Seierstad also wrote The Bookseller of Kabul and A Hundred and One Days (about Iraq ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14903719">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't finish this book, mostly due to being very busy. It was on loan from another library, which made it harder. I had a hard time getting into the book too. I did get to see another side to the war in the late 90s. I remember following it in J-School and the war trials against Milosevic. The bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43030817">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book, but I had to continually keep in mind that it is about specific people. In other words, it's just a slice of Serbia. The author did a good job writing about these folks. I'm going to have to visit there someday.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[asne seierstad is an exceptional journalist/author who does an amazing job at getting involved with and being part of the story she is covering. but, as one would assume, it is depressing. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I started this book, but couldn't really get into it. My annoyances with the author (mentioned in the review of the Bookseller of Kabul) got to me more in this book. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[still a good read, but not as interesting as some of her other work.  if you aren't interested in global social issues, don't waste your time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[extraordinarily enlightening and thought provoking look at different &quot;characters&quot; living in serbia during the post-reign of milosevic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Portraits from Serbia - a great insight into the lives and political views of ordinary people in the aftermath of the war.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book about the former Yugoslavia.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[loved it.  fantastic.  ]]></body>
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