Christopher Merrill is a poet and critic and is the author or translator of more than a dozen books, including the highly praised The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee. He reviews regularly for the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. His writings have appeared in such publications as Sierra, Sports Illustrated, The Nation, DoubleTake, Orion, and The Paris Review. He holds the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross and lives in Connecticut.

• Part 1 August-September 1992Chapter 2 JourneyChapter 3 PohorjeChapter 4 Ljubljana IChapter 5 TriglavChapter 6 Ljubljana IIChapter 7 VeniceChapter 8 VilenicaPart 9 December 1992-February 1993Chapter 10 CroatiaChapter 11 DalmatiaChapter 12 SerbiaChapter 13 MontenegroChapter 14 MacedoniaChapter 15 KosovoChapter 16 FlightPart 17 May 1993-April 1996Chapter 18 Sarajevo IChapter 19 Sarajevo IIChapter 20 MostarChapter 21 Sarajevo IIIChapter 22 AlbaniaChapter 23 ExpeditionChapter 24 BarcelonaChapter 25 Epilogue

I do not know of a thing written on the Balkans that is so attentive and appreciative of those artists who have both absorbed and reflected on the troubles of their land—in theory, at least, their real job in life. Who else has even come so close to recording their observations?

Christopher Merrill is a poet and critic and is the author or translator of more than a dozen books, including the highly praised The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee. He reviews regularly for the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. His writings have appeared in such publications as Sierra, Sports Illustrated, The Nation, DoubleTake, Orion, and The Paris Review. He holds the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross and lives in Connecticut.

• Part 1 August-September 1992Chapter 2 JourneyChapter 3 PohorjeChapter 4 Ljubljana IChapter 5 TriglavChapter 6 Ljubljana IIChapter 7 VeniceChapter 8 VilenicaPart 9 December 1992-February 1993Chapter 10 CroatiaChapter 11 DalmatiaChapter 12 SerbiaChapter 13 MontenegroChapter 14 MacedoniaChapter 15 KosovoChapter 16 FlightPart 17 May 1993-April 1996Chapter 18 Sarajevo IChapter 19 Sarajevo IIChapter 20 MostarChapter 21 Sarajevo IIIChapter 22 AlbaniaChapter 23 ExpeditionChapter 24 BarcelonaChapter 25 Epilogue

I do not know of a thing written on the Balkans that is so attentive and appreciative of those artists who have both absorbed and reflected on the troubles of their land—in theory, at least, their real job in life. Who else has even come so close to recording their observations?

Christopher Merrill is a poet and critic and is the author or translator of more than a dozen books, including the highly praised The Old Bridge: The Third Balkan War and the Age of the Refugee. He reviews regularly for the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. His writings have appeared in such publications as Sierra, Sports Illustrated, The Nation, DoubleTake, Orion, and The Paris Review. He holds the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters at the College of the Holy Cross and lives in Connecticut.

• Part 1 August-September 1992Chapter 2 JourneyChapter 3 PohorjeChapter 4 Ljubljana IChapter 5 TriglavChapter 6 Ljubljana IIChapter 7 VeniceChapter 8 VilenicaPart 9 December 1992-February 1993Chapter 10 CroatiaChapter 11 DalmatiaChapter 12 SerbiaChapter 13 MontenegroChapter 14 MacedoniaChapter 15 KosovoChapter 16 FlightPart 17 May 1993-April 1996Chapter 18 Sarajevo IChapter 19 Sarajevo IIChapter 20 MostarChapter 21 Sarajevo IIIChapter 22 AlbaniaChapter 23 ExpeditionChapter 24 BarcelonaChapter 25 Epilogue

I do not know of a thing written on the Balkans that is so attentive and appreciative of those artists who have both absorbed and reflected on the troubles of their land—in theory, at least, their real job in life. Who else has even come so close to recording their observations?