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          <body><![CDATA[I appreciate the way in which the dual narrative is spliced into 'this' side and 'the other' side of the Greek-Albanian border, and also into past and present.<br/>Although the autobiographical passages recount intense experiences, the overall tone is detached, as if the narrator has distanced hims...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/I%20appreciate%20the%20way%20in%20which%20the%20dual%20narrative%20is%20spliced%20into%20'this'%20side%20and%20'the%20other'%20side%20of%20the%20Greek-Albanian%20border,%20and%20also%20into%20past%20and%20present.%0D%0AAlthough%20the%20autobiographical%20passages%20recount%20intense%20experiences,%20the%20overall%20tone%20is%20detached,%20as%20if%20the%20narrator%20has%20distanced%20himself%20emotionally,%20and%20is%20unable%20or%20unwilling%20to%20go%20into%20great%20detail%20about%20those%20experiences.%20%0D%0AOftentimes%20I%20would%20make%20the%20logical%20connection%20with%20other%20first-person%20historical%20accounts,%20especially%20those%20describing%20persecution%20under%20the%20Nazi%20regime.%20Reading%20A%20Short%20Border%20Handbook%20I%20was%20looking%20for%20that%20unique%20angle,%20for%20what%20differentiates%20this%20'contemporary'%20condition%20from%20what%20happened%20in%20Europe%20decades%20ago,%20or%20what%20may%20be%20happening%20right%20now%20in%20another%20location.%20Maybe%20we%20are%20condemned%20to%20relive%20the%20past....and%20each%20time%20the%20'victims'%20feel%20a%20surreal%20isolation%20in%20their%20experience,%20as%20if%20it%20is%20happening%20for%20the%20first%20time%20ever%20in%20the%20history%20of%20mankind.%20%22They%20say%20that%20hell%20is%20one%20place%20but,%20in%20reality,%20hell%20is%20private%20and%20particular%20to%20each%20one%20of%20us.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AMy%20father's%20job%20abroad%20was%20semi-diplomatic;%20he%20and%20his%20family%20enjoyed%20the%20privileges%20of%20a%20'laissez-passer'%20(white%20passport),%20as%20we%20traveled%20from%20one%20country%20to%20another.%20%20I%20remember%20as%20a%20child%20what%20it%20was%20like%20to%20casually%20drive%20past%20endless%20lines%20at%20%22third-world%22%20border%20crossings%20and%20to%20be%20spared%20the%20endless%20searches%20&amp;%20interrogations%20by%20customs%20officials,%20in%20particular%20as%20we%20were%20driving%20through%20border%20zones%20where%20war%20refugees%20were%20struggling%20to%20escape%20the%20conflict.%20%20From%20an%20early%20age%20I%20understood%20the%20importance%20of%20that%20special%20travel%20document%20in%20securing%20our%20route%20to%20safety%20on%20the%20'other'%20side.%20%20%0D%0AEven%20today,%20I%20always%20make%20sure%20my%20passport%20is%20up-to-date,%20stamped%20with%20valid%20travel%20visas%20to%20'safe'%20countries,%20and%20stored%20in%20an%20easy-to-obtain%20location,%20just%20in%20case%20I%20need%20to%20be%20prepared%20to%20evacuate%20at%20a%20moment's%20notice.%20So,%20yes,%20I%20too%20suffer%20from%20a%20variant%20of%20the%20border%20syndrome!%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20don't%20know%20whether%20I%20should%20be%20disturbed%20by%20this:%20%20Finishing%20the%20book%20I%20thought%20to%20myself,%20yes%20yes%20yes%20to%20everything,%20but%20on%20the%20whole%20Gazmend%20is%20too%20kind%20to%20us%20Greeks.%20%20It's%20my%20impression%20that%20there%20are%20so%20many%20horror%20stories%20one%20can%20compile%20of%20our%20treatment%20of%20immigrants,%20and%20that%20the%20situation%20is%20only%20becoming%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Flesvos09.antira.info%2Ftag%2Fpagani%2F%22%3Eworse%3C%2Fa%3E%20with%20time.%20%0D%0A%0D%0ANote%20on%20translation%20-%20On%20the%20whole%20I%20think%20this%20is%20a%20very%20good%20translation%20from%20the%20Greek%20original,%20with%20one%20exception.%20%20In%20my%20opinion,%20%22paddywagon%22%20may%20have%20been%20a%20better%20choice%20than%20%22%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPolice_van%22%3EBlack%20Maria%3C%2Fa%3E%22%20for%20the%20Greek%20original%20%22%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fwww.zougla.gr%2FImage.ashx%3Ffid=25735&amp;w=400&amp;h=300&amp;q=80%22%3E%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B2%CE%B1%3C%2Fa%3E.%22%0D%0A%0D%0A*%20Gazmend's%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fgazikapllani.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fshort-border-handbook.html%22%3Eblog%3C%2Fa%3E%20(in%20Greek)%0D%0A*%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Ffeetin2worlds.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F03%2Farriving-without-an-invitation-new-book-offers-unique-perspective-on-the-life-of-an-illegal-immigrant%22%3EFeet%20in%20Two%20Worlds%3C%2Fa%3E%20review%0D%0A*%20The%20Paper%20Trail%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fwww20.sbs.com.au%2Fpodcasting%2Findex.php%3Faction=feeddetails&amp;feedid=12&amp;id=17052%22%3Epodcast%3C%2Fa%3E%20about%20the%20non-documentation%20limbo%20status%20of%20children%20of%20migrants%20in%20Greece%0D%0A%0D%0A*%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fborderpoetics.wikidot.com%2F%22%3Eborder%20poetics%3C%2Fa%3E%0D%0A*%20%3Ca%20href=%22http:%2F%2Fwww.wordswithoutborders.org%22%3EWords%20Without%20Borders%3C%2Fa%3E">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[added: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1090333.Memoirs_of_a_Sex_Industry_Survivor">Memoirs of a Sex Industry Survivor (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/539181.Anne_Bissell">Anne Bissell</a>]]></action_text>
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