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the former Yugoslavia. West, who was a
journalist, novelist, and critic, began her
research in the Balkans with the idea of
writing a travel book, but the result turned
out to be a significant explanation that
illuminates the tangled history of the for-
mer Yugoslavia. To gain historical per-
spective, try
The Balkans Since 1453
by
Northwestern University Professor L. S.
Stavrianos (Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
1966). It's a bit ponderous but full of
little-known facts.
Why Angels Fall: A
Journey Through Orthodox Europe from
Byzantium to Kosovo,
by Victoria Clark
(Macmillan Press, 2000), offers a look at
Eastern Europe from a different perspec-
tive: Clark interprets the region's recent
turmoil in terms of past religious conflicts
between Roman Catholic and Eastern
Orthodox Christians.
Finally,
Croatia: Travels in Undiscovered
Country,
by Tony Fabijan
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(University
of Alberta Press, 2003), is as entertaining
as it is informative. Fabijan
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, whose
father was born in Croatia, undertakes an
epic journey across his father's home-
land—on foot. His conversations with
people along the way reveal the mindset of
a culture and hint at its future direction.