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Travels in Blood and Honey
Elizabeth Gowing
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Description for Travels in Blood and Honey
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWYK; TVHH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Kosovo: the name conjures up blood: ethnic cleansing and war. This book reveals another side to the newest country in the world a land of generous families, strong tastes and lush landscapes: a land of honey. Elizabeth Gowing is rushed to Kosovo, on a blind date with the place , when her partner is suddenly offered the position of adviser to Prime Minister Agim Ceku. Knowing nothing of the language or politics, she is thrown into a world of unpronounceable nouns, unfamiliar foods and bewilderingly hospitable people. On her first birthday in Kosovo she is given a beehive as a ... Read more
Kosovo: the name conjures up blood: ethnic cleansing and war. This book reveals another side to the newest country in the world a land of generous families, strong tastes and lush landscapes: a land of honey. Elizabeth Gowing is rushed to Kosovo, on a blind date with the place , when her partner is suddenly offered the position of adviser to Prime Minister Agim Ceku. Knowing nothing of the language or politics, she is thrown into a world of unpronounceable nouns, unfamiliar foods and bewilderingly hospitable people. On her first birthday in Kosovo she is given a beehive as a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955900
SKU
V9781904955900
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5
About Elizabeth Gowing
Elizabeth Gowing's translation of the biography of Yugoslavia's longest-held political prisoner, Adem Demaci, was recently published by Rrokullia Press. She is a regular columnist for Prishtina Insight newspaper and is currently working on Edith and I, a biography of the Edwardian anthropologist and Balkan traveller, Edith Durham. Her website is www.elizabethgowing.com.
Reviews for Travels in Blood and Honey
'A sheer delight; a beguiling, bittersweet story of a lively love affair with a traditional world, as ancient as apiculture, in transition to new nationhood.'
The Times 'A wonderful writer about Pristina - Interesting and different.'
-Matthew Parris 'Enthralling... a hugely affectionate picture of the everyday lives of ordinary Kosovans and a wonderful evocation of a place that ... Read more
The Times 'A wonderful writer about Pristina - Interesting and different.'
-Matthew Parris 'Enthralling... a hugely affectionate picture of the everyday lives of ordinary Kosovans and a wonderful evocation of a place that ... Read more