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The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.33 — 26,622 ratings — published
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Balkan Ghosts Balkan Ghosts (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.91 — 6,086 ratings — published 1993
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The Tiger's Wife The Tiger's Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 132 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.42 — 103,493 ratings — published 2011
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999 The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers 1804 - 1999 (Paperback)
by (shelved 129 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,418 ratings — published 1999
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Paperback)
by (shelved 117 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,777 ratings — published 1941
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The Balkans: A Short History The Balkans: A Short History (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.75 — 3,050 ratings — published 2000
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The Cellist of Sarajevo The Cellist of Sarajevo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.00 — 45,335 ratings — published 2008
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The Fall of Yugoslavia The Fall of Yugoslavia (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,498 ratings — published 1992
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Girl at War Girl at War (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.02 — 34,829 ratings — published 2015
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Imagining the Balkans Imagining the Balkans (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.07 — 601 ratings — published 1997
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Death and the Dervish Death and the Dervish (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.51 — 11,539 ratings — published 1966
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Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History Free: A Child and a Country at the End of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.32 — 31,275 ratings — published 2021
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Broken April Broken April (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.00 — 9,278 ratings — published 1978
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Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood Logavina Street: Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,807 ratings — published 1996
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Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,644 ratings — published 1996
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The Ministry of Pain The Ministry of Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,789 ratings — published 2004
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They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,521 ratings — published 2003
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A Tomb for Boris Davidovich A Tomb for Boris Davidovich (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,763 ratings — published 1976
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Bosnian Chronicle (Bosnian Trilogy, #2) Bosnian Chronicle (Bosnian Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.26 — 2,811 ratings — published 1945
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Sarajevo Marlboro Sarajevo Marlboro (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,270 ratings — published 1994
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The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia The Impossible Country: A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.12 — 419 ratings — published 1994
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Café Europa: Life After Communism Café Europa: Life After Communism (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,240 ratings — published 1996
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Bosnia: A Short History Bosnia: A Short History (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.11 — 856 ratings — published 1994
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S. S. (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,032 ratings — published 1999
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Dictionary of the Khazars Dictionary of the Khazars (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,869 ratings — published 1983
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Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.30 — 10,978 ratings — published 2000
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The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia (Yale Nota Bene) The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia (Yale Nota Bene)
by (shelved 35 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.82 — 344 ratings — published 1997
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People of the Book People of the Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.04 — 160,034 ratings — published 2008
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Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.01 — 598 ratings — published 1996
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The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,535 ratings — published 2014
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Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia Like Eating a Stone: Surviving the Past in Bosnia (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.45 — 3,411 ratings — published 2002
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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,457 ratings — published 2017
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How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,841 ratings — published 1991
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My War Gone By, I Miss It So My War Gone By, I Miss It So (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,381 ratings — published 1999
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Chronicle in Stone Chronicle in Stone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,056 ratings — published 1971
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Prokleta avlija Prokleta avlija (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.24 — 11,806 ratings — published 1954
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.77 — 12,682 ratings — published 1993
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The Palace of Dreams The Palace of Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.93 — 7,077 ratings — published 1981
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To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.09 — 923 ratings — published 2020
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Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus (Vintage Departures) Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus (Vintage Departures)
by (shelved 25 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,775 ratings — published 2000
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Elegy for Kosovo Elegy for Kosovo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,289 ratings — published 1998
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The General of the Dead Army The General of the Dead Army (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.01 — 5,741 ratings — published 1963
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Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 Salonica, City of Ghosts: Christians, Muslims and Jews, 1430-1950 (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,597 ratings — published 2004
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How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,979 ratings — published 2006
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Catch the Rabbit Catch the Rabbit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.87 — 8,787 ratings — published 2018
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With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,037 ratings — published 2000
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Bolla Bolla (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as balkans)
avg rating 3.96 — 10,861 ratings — published 2019
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Błoto słodsze niż miód. Głosy komunistycznej Albanii Błoto słodsze niż miód. Głosy komunistycznej Albanii (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as balkans)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,343 ratings — published 2018
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Ljupka Cvetanova
“The road to the European Union is paved with good intentions. .”
Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

Ivo Andrić
“Finché l’uomo vive nel suo ambiente e in condizioni normali, gli elementi del curriculum vitae rappresentano per lui periodi importanti e svolte significative della sua vita. Ma appena il caso o il lavoro o le malattie lo separano dagli altri e lo isolano, questi elementi di colpo cominciano a scolorirsi, si inaridiscono e si decompongono con incredibile rapidità, come una maschera di cartone o di lacca senza vita, usata una volta sola. Sotto questa maschera comincia a intravedersi un’altra vita, conosciuta solo a noi, ossia la “vera” storia del nostro spirito e del nostro corpo, che non è scritta da nessuna parte, di cui nessuno suppone l’esistenza, una storia che ha molto poco a che fare con i nostri successi in società, ma che è, per noi, per la nostra felicità o infelicità, l’unica valida e la sola davvero importante.
Sperduto in quel luogo selvaggio, durante le lunghe notti, quando tutti i rumori erano cessati, Daville pensava alla sua vita passata come a una lunga serie di progetti audaci e di scoraggiamenti noti a lui solo, di lotte, di atti eroici, di fortune, di successi e di crolli, di disgrazie, di contraddizioni, di sacrifici inutili e di vani compromessi. Nelle tenebre e nel silenzio di quella città che ancora non aveva visto ma in cui lo attendevano, senza dubbio, preoccupazioni o difficoltà, sembrava che nulla al mondo si potesse risolvere né conciliare. In certi momenti gli pareva che per vivere fossero necessari sforzi enormi e per ogni sforzo una sproporzionata dose di coraggio. E, visto nel buio di quelle notti, ogni sforzo gli sembrava infinito. Per non fermarsi e rinunciare, l’uomo inganna se stesso, sostituendo gli obiettivi che non è riuscito a raggiungere con altri, che ugualmente non raggiungerà; ma le nuove imprese e i nuovi tentativi lo obbligheranno a cercare dentro di sé altre energie e maggiore coraggio. Così l’uomo si autoinganna e col passare del tempo diviene sempre più e senza speranza debitore verso se stesso e verso tutto quello che lo circonda.”
Ivo Andrić, Travnička Kronika

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