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Belgrade: Among the Serbs | 
 enlarge | Author: Florence Levinsohn
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1672000
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 1566630614
Dewey Decimal Number: 949.71024
EAN: 9781566630610
ASIN: 1566630614
Publication Date: January 25, 1995
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Product Description
A serious and persuasive questioning of the Serb's reputation as children of darkness in the Yugoslav War, drawing upon conversations with Serbian intellectuals in their capital.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A Peek into Belgrade May 29, 2002
Dr. Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I would've titled this "A Peek into Serbia" but Levinsohn's description of life in Belgrade v. the rest of more rural Serbia was a surprise to me, as was much of the material in this book. A flowing descripteur, Levinsohn transports us to the dusty but beautiful capital of the former Yugoslavia, and allows tainted Western minds to experience the life of a passionate country and culture, one quite unlike any Americans have ever experienced on paper. The politics of the novel can get complicated, especially since the book is nearing ten years old, and the speculations as to whether or not Milosevic will go to trial in the Hague are tedious to readers, since he has already been there several months. In any case, this book was terrific, and I would recommend it to anyone looking to better understand the mentality of Serbians. Her view of Serbs as "victims with a certain victim mentality" was quite refreshing when splashed against the Western view of Serbs as the guilty party of the war in Yugoslavia and it's casualties. The most appreciated part of this book was Levinsohn's desire to get to the heart of the split of Yugoslavia, and to try to lift some of the intense blame placed on Serbians. In my eyes, she has shed some light onto the matter, more than I can say CNN ever did.
 Among the Serbs Not Of The Serbs March 16, 2000
Jeanie Pavichevich (Chicago)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I read the book just after it was published and missed an opportunity to speak with the author at an appearance she made in Chicago. My only criticism is that the questions the author poses about the Serbian people and their situation during the war are never answered. I was waiting for some insight about the situation and some perspectives on solutions to the political problems in Belgrade. Nothing was answered or ever raised. We simply get a diary of small vignettes. If she really did meet all those people, I'm surprised that the author didn't have an answer to the question she posed about the Serbian people and their mindset. I sent her a note inviting her to research some of the writings by Bishop Nikolai Velimirovich, a Serbian Bishop, and survivor of the Holocaust. His take on the Serbian people, their faith and their tenacity would have explained everything to her. "The Serbs will choose the difficult road because it is the right one, the Christian one."
 Visit Belgrade for a week then write a book. May 31, 1999
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
Something more of a diary or a long letter home than I had expected. The author visits people and recounts their conversations, many of which remind us how mis-understood the poor Serbs really are.
You've found the right book! March 12, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I could not stop reading this great Levinsohn's work. She got the point. I felt in love with her style of writting.
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