Black Lamb and Grey Falcon

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9781453207468

<DIV><B>Hailed as among the most important books of the twentieth century, Rebecca West&rsquo;s magnum opus is a history, a travelogue, and a sociological study of Yugoslavia that examines how the past shapes the present</B><BR /> &#160;<DIV>In a breathtakingly wide-ranging journalistic work, West richly chronicles her travels throughout Yugoslavia in the 1930s, introducing vivid characters and illuminating details. More than a travelogue, <I>Black Lamb and Grey Falcon</I> connects the people and places West encounters to the long history of conflict that has formed national identities in the Balkans across a millennium of shifting alliances. West writes, &ldquo;I had come to Yugoslavia because I knew that the past has made the present, and I wanted to see how the process works.&rdquo;</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>As profound, sad, and funny as when it was first published in 1941, <I>Black Lamb and Grey Falcon</I> interrogates the forces that continue to shape our modern world.</DIV></DIV>