With Their Backs to the World - Portraits from Serbia

Informationen zum Autor Åsne Seierstad was born in 1970 and studied Russian, Spanish and the History of Philosophy at Oslo University. An internationally bestselling author, she has also received numerous awards for her journalism. She has worked as a war correspondent across the world, including Russia, China, Iraq and Afghanistan. Her second book, The Bookseller of Kabul , has sold over two million copies and the paperback was in the Sunday Times top ten for over a year. Her other critically acclaimed works include A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal and The Angel of Grozny. Following the atrocities in Oslo and Utoya in July 2011, she attended the trial of Anders Breivik and then began work on One of Us , which became a European bestseller. All of Åsne Seierstad's books are published by Virago. Klappentext * From the author of the international bestseller THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - a fascinating and vivid account of the lives of fourteen Serbian people* From the author of the international bestseller THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - a fascinating and vivid account of the lives of fourteen Serbian people Zusammenfassung * From the author of the international bestseller THE BOOKSELLER OF KABUL - a fascinating and vivid account of the lives of fourteen Serbian people

Product details

• Authors: Asne Seierstad, Åsne Seierstad, x Asne Seierstad
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2005
• EAN: 9781844082148
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-214-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 129 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Virago Paperbacks; Virago Paperbacks
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Serbien : Politik, Zeitgeschgichte, Eastern Europe, Serbia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), TRAVEL / Europe / Eastern, Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia & Former Yugoslavia