Full name: The Balkan Express: Fragments from the Other Side of War

Author: Slavenka Drakulic Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, History, War/Military, Essays Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060976088 006097608X

Drakulic gives an insight into the parts of the Yugoslavian war that the papers don't tell us. In a series of stories, she describes the ordinary people's response to this situation - how it destroys everyday lives, disrupts relationships and turns close friends into bitter enemies. She also wonders if we ourselves are all responsible for allowing this war to start. The collection is filled with stories about her daughter, her friends, about the day her father frightened her with his World War II pistol and about her journey on the Balkan Express which heads southwards from the comparative sanity of Vienna into the heart of the Yugoslavian conflict.