Since the 1800s, the Balkans has undergone a process of imaginative colonisation by the West, whereby products developed in the West became better known than their real counterparts. This book examines the effects of such imperialism.
Since the 1800s, the Balkans has undergone a process of imaginative colonisation by the West, whereby products developed in the West became better kno...
"Exceptional. If there has been a more honest, calm, and profoundly moving memoir written in the last few years, then I've missed it." "Times Literary Supplement"
How would you make sense of your life if you thought it might end tomorrow? In this captivating and best-selling memoir, Vesna Goldsworthy tells the story of herself, her family, and her early life in her lost country. There follows marriage, a move to England, and a successful media and academic career, then a cancer diagnosis and its unresolved consequences. A profoundly moving, comic, and original account by a stunning...
"Exceptional. If there has been a more honest, calm, and profoundly moving memoir written in the last few years, then I've missed it." "Times Liter...
The London winter of 1947 is as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert government business, finds herself increasingly lonely. Eager to distract herself with work, she takes a job as companion to the mysterious Monsieur Ka, a Russian émigré. As she is drawn into Ka’s dramatic past, her own life is shaken to its foundations. For in this family of former princes, there are present temptations which could profoundly affect her future.
The London winter of 1947 is as cold as St Petersburg during the Revolution. Albertine, the wife of a British army officer often abroad on covert gove...
