tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post5316723311820279142..comments2023-08-21T15:36:43.005+02:00Comments on Rosemary Bailey Brown's Married to a Serb Blog: Best Books About Serbia (In English)Rosemary Bailey Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530156794927503553noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-7235535231732185062008-04-20T08:50:00.000+02:002008-04-20T08:50:00.000+02:00I want to say I dislike what I've read from Slaven...I want to say I dislike what I've read from Slavenka Drakulic so far, including excerpts of the said book. I perceive her as sophisticated, shallow and affectatious. <BR/><BR/>(Even the very book title illustrates these points. Few people were in danger to not survive socialist Yugoslavia, a society where if anything was guaranteed, that was basic means of survival. And if she means cultural, spiritual survival - no, we quite evidently didn't survive in that respect.)<BR/><BR/>I second the advice: Go (for Rebecca) West!<BR/><BR/>Ivan, 33Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-53699569950322955132008-04-08T20:18:00.000+02:002008-04-08T20:18:00.000+02:00I'm going to look up your two suggestions :) Thank...I'm going to look up your two suggestions :) <BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>- A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-44998528973041807522008-04-01T01:08:00.000+02:002008-04-01T01:08:00.000+02:00I agree with the poster before me, Åsne Seierstad'...I agree with the poster before me, Åsne Seierstad's book is excellent as well as Ivo Andrić.<BR/><BR/>A Serbian must-read: Momo Kapor's Guide to the Serbian Mentality. For anyone who has been to/lived in or even known a Serb, they will find this book hilariously accurate.<BR/><BR/>Though I've read many books from a Serb perspective books in the 1990s, I am currently reading one more from a Bosnian point of view, to give myself a better understanding of the situation. It's written by a UNPROFOR worker living in Sarajevo in the early-mid 90s, and I would highly recommend it. It's an inside look at the situation like no other: Sarajevo Roses, by Anné Mariè Du Preez BezrobJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381888356747282678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1583964906309382179.post-12117295811471200702008-03-27T02:25:00.000+01:002008-03-27T02:25:00.000+01:00I second anything by Ivo Andrić (my favourites are...I second anything by Ivo Andrić (my favourites are "The Vizier's Elephant" and "Bridge on the Drina") and Slavenka Drakulić (anything really ...).<BR/><BR/>I also really loved Asne Seierstad - thought it was a nice take on what can be made a very heavy read.<BR/><BR/>I highly recomment Dragan Todorović's "The Book of Revenge" - It is not literature, but a biography of his life, which starts during the Tito-era and makes it up until mid-Sanctions in the 90's. Based in Kragujevac/Belgrade for the most part... it was a very good read, I couldn't put it down. Just finished it last week!<BR/><BR/>For other literature, I like Danilo Kiš and Dubravka Ugrešić<BR/><BR/>- A.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com