The fracture zone : a return to the Balkans
1999, First edition. New York : Harpercollins. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #340037
ISBN: 0060195746
Physical description: xiii, 255 pages: maps; 21 cm. Contents: Encounters at a water meadow --
A meeting with a Turkish gentleman -- To the "Land of the Osmanlees" --
Looking for a Sarajevo Rose -- The fortress by the sea -- Western approaches -- The lifting of the gate --
The sound and the fury --
A city so sublime --
Epilogue. Subjects: Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel. Winchester, Simon -- Travel -- Balkan Peninsula. Balkan Peninsula -- History. Summary: The journalist-author of The Professor and the Madman describes his journey into the troubled region of the Balkans, journeying into an area that includes Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montegro, Albania, Kosovo, and Turkey to explore the impact of war on the people of the region.
Price: €12.95