S.: A Novel About the Balkans
by Slavenka Drakulic
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- USED Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670890979
- ISBN 13
- 9780670890972
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Synopsis
" S. may very well be one of the strongest books about war you will ever read. . . .The writing is taut, precise, and masterful." Set in 1992, during the height of the Bosnian war, S. reveals one of the most horrifying aspects of any war: the rape and torture of civilian women by occupying forces. S. is the story of a Bosnian woman in exile who has just given birth to an unwanted child—one without a country, a name, a father, or a language. Its birth only reminds her of an even more grueling experience: being repeatedly raped by Serbian soldiers in the "women's room" of a prison camp. Through a series of flashbacks, S. relives the unspeakable crimes she has endured, and in telling her story—timely, strangely compelling, and ultimately about survival—depicts the darkest side of human nature during wartime.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Montclair Book Center (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 572236
- Title
- S.: A Novel About the Balkans
- Author
- Slavenka Drakulic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- USED Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0670890979
- ISBN 13
- 9780670890972
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- January 2000
- Pages
- 201
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