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Madness Visible: A Memoir of War
As a senior foreign correspondent for The Times of London, Janine di Giovanni was a firsthand witness to the brutal and protracted break-up of Yugoslavia. With unflinching sensitivity, Madness Visible follows the arc of the wars in the Balkans through the experience of those caught up in them: soldiers numbed by the atrocities they commit, women driven to despair by their...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
February 8th 2005
by Vintage
(first published November 11th 2003)
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In this account of the war in Yugoslavia, Di Giovanni tries to explain the politics and factions at work here, the armies and paramilitary groups and the motivations behind their actions. I could not follow any of that, it is not her fault, she explains it very well, I just don't have a head for those kind of details. But in the interviews with the people affected, she interviews people from both sides of the conflicts, Serbians, Bosnains, Albanians and even some soldiers from Britain and France...more
A Really fascinating - Di Giovanni's experience of what happens the destruction of Yugoslavia. She uses great narratives to tell the story, with details, profiles of various people. Sometimes the details - oh god, the horrific rapes, the torture, the mass murders - are difficult to stomach. But she writes in a sensitive and interesting and descriptive way.
Fantastic book, I am going to have to find more books from this author, she did a fantastic job describing just about everything that went on in Yugoslavia during the 90s and what it was like to come back in early 2000s great great book
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Anything by Janine Di Giovanni (wartime correspondent for The Times in the UK) is absolutely worth reading.
The way she writes echoes absolutely the feelings and sentiments of those truly affected by the war in the Balkans.
The way she writes echoes absolutely the feelings and sentiments of those truly affected by the war in the Balkans.
A "book" written with the ink of hate towards thousands and thousands victims of WAR and with the hand that conceals the opressors deeds! Run away from this book as if you've seen an ugly rat. It's highly inaccurate!
Really good accounts of the Bosnia war and Kosovo war. Even though she skips around a lot, the general direction of the book isn't hard to follow. A really interesting read
Perfect introduction to understanding the break up of Yugoslavia of which I knew very little.
A powerful, amazing, disburbing, difficult must read.
Fantastic memoir of the Bosnian war.
Another book I must review. Fingers crossed this weekend.
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Janine di Giovanni is one of Europe's most respected and experienced reporters, with vast experience covering war and conflict. Her reporting has been called "established, accomplished brilliance" and she has been cited as "the finest foreign correspondent of our generation".
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