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West opens her extract in Croatia by introducing the reader to her three friends - Valetta, Constantine, and Marko.
Valetta, a Croat from Dalmatia, believes in an autonomous Croatia and is anti-Yugoslavian, contrary to the other two. Although Marko and Constantine are pro-Yugoslavian, to Marko, Constantine 'seems impious in the way he takes Yugoslavia for granted' as he was born a free Serb.
— Mar 23, 2026 01:04PM
Valetta, a Croat from Dalmatia, believes in an autonomous Croatia and is anti-Yugoslavian, contrary to the other two. Although Marko and Constantine are pro-Yugoslavian, to Marko, Constantine 'seems impious in the way he takes Yugoslavia for granted' as he was born a free Serb.
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Marko, addressing West. speaks of the Englishman, 'your friend, who showed no emotion at the thought of the spires of Vienna being replaced by minarets, doubtless would expect us to forgive the Austrians for building oubliettes for our heroes so long as they built us chalets for our necessities' - Marko, informing the Englishman that Ottoman Europe was an 'uncomfortably recent' threat . (1937).
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Took me awhile to get through the prologue; West packs a lot in just 30 pages.
How Luccheni foreshadowed the fascist movement, then manifested by Mussolini who orders a successful assassination attempt on the King of Yugoslavia, believing that ‘with the King’s death the country would fall to pieces and be an easy prey to a foreign invader’
— Nov 20, 2025 12:51PM
How Luccheni foreshadowed the fascist movement, then manifested by Mussolini who orders a successful assassination attempt on the King of Yugoslavia, believing that ‘with the King’s death the country would fall to pieces and be an easy prey to a foreign invader’
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Finally decided to pick up this mammoth of a book.
I am reading the Canons edition, introduction by Geoff Dyer.
— Nov 11, 2025 07:15AM
I am reading the Canons edition, introduction by Geoff Dyer.
