With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia by Åsne Seierstad, Sindre Kartvedt (Translator)

With Their Backs to the World: Portraits from Serbia by Åsne Seierstad, Sindre Kartvedt (Translator)From beloved international reporter ne Seierstad comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have followed. Seierstad traveled extensively through Serbia between 1999 and 2004, following the lives of people from across the political spectrum. Her moving and perceptive account follows nationalists, Titoists,

and as Secretary of the Ministries of Food and Commerce

is alone for the first time in years when her daughters leave home to live with their father

a past trauma is clouding your mind in the present

it contains the great themes that were to dominate his later novels

Imbibe the lessons delineated in this book

the seer-king of Videha

heartbreakingly beautiful

Habit busting and building goes way beyond becoming a dedicated flosser or never showing up late again–our habits reveal our unmet desires

It is not Nietzsche's intention to reject ascetic ideals

a story that has been cherished by the oppressed castes of India for 3000 years

Now David must work to win Aycayia's trust while she relearns what it is to be human

of her childhood in Dominica