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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia | Rebecca West
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Hailed as among the most important books of the twentieth century, Rebecca Wests magnum opus is a history, a travelogue, and a sociological study of Yugoslavia that examines how the past shapes the present 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, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 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, I had come to Yugoslavia because I knew that the past has made the present, and I wanted to see how the process works.As profound, sad, and funny as when it was first published in 1941, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon interrogates the forces that continue to shape our modern world.
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Leftcoastzen
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#beginswith #black and it has a map!

vlwelser That book was great. 3y
Eggs I ❤️ maps! 3y
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Leftcoastzen
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#beginswith #black It took me a long time to find a copy . 1150 pages & considered one of the most significant nonfiction books of the 20th century.Sometimes it‘s the thrill of the hunt ! It‘s been on the TBR for ages .

SRWCF Sounds incredible (I'm such a sucker for a #chunkster)! 3y
LeahBergen What a lovely edition! 3y
Leniverse Oh wow, well done. It's a great feeling when you finally track down a hard to get book! And such a great looking edition too! 3y
Ruthiella That is a beautiful edition! 😍 3y
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#BookSpinBingo update! So 3 weeks in and I'm sensing that October might be a dud.
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😊= good
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❤= exceptional

TheAromaofBooks Still great progress!!! 4y
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This book is so good. It is amazingly well written and it gives an incredibly detailed history of the Yugoslavs. So good.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
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Nebklvr
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Longest book!

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Rebecca West and her husband visited Yugoslavia after WWI. Weary and cynical of human nature and the political powers of Austria and Germany, West and her husband toured the breadth of Yugoslavia. While bumping into the fissures of Croat, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turks, and Montenegrins that would eventually lead to the next genocide, West did a creditable, if somewhat romanticized, story of the history of these citizens of an ever shifting country.

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Oblomov26 Are you enjoying this? I have been intending to read for year 6y
Nebklvr @Oblomov26 I am. She is a very descriptive writer. Some of it reads like literary fiction while the rest is a historical travelogue. There is a tense feeling to her writing as it took place between the world wars. It is very long for me. I usually can‘t commit to large books 6y
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Little hellion just ripped out one of my tabs!

tonyahoswalt I have a bookmark and tab thief too! 6y
Nebklvr @tonyahoswalt I should have suspected her motives. She is rarely cuddly (edited) 6y
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Sorry, Minnie.....

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A little sickbed drama

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But this was far from being the only sop offered by the Republic to that disagreeable appetite, the desire of a human being to feel contempt for another not in fact very different from himself.

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The beautiful writing of Rebecca West.

readordierachel Wow. That is lovely. 7y
Nebklvr @ReadOrDieRachel She writes magnificently! Hope you enjoy! 7y
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Fantastic. Now I have to worry about drooling cannibals.

Anna40 😂 yes an unusual image! 7y
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The belief that at one time men changed their temperaments to suit their jobs instead of changing the job to suit their temperaments, I find intriguing, even if I don‘t totally believe it. The kidnapping of people to force them into being bishops and administrators I just find amusing!

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I enjoy this Author‘s voice so much!

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Nebklvr
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This book was constantly being referenced in another book so I found a copy to read...

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lycomayflower S'matter, did they fall on you? 🙃 7y
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For that magical time you go to San Diego, drink craft beer on 5th Avenue in Hillcrest, and proceed to buy all the books at the used bookstores.... #Savethefloorjoists

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"Honour often seems a highly artificial convention, but life in any level of society where it has been abandoned astonishes by its tortuousness."

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