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Love Thy Neighbor

A Story of War

by Peter Maass

ISBN: 0679444335
ISBN-13: 9780679444336
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Peter Maass reports from the land that was Yugoslavia. His vivid descriptions of a place destroyed by war are highlighted by encounters with people on all sides who have been transformed into combatants. Maass grapples not just with the reality of Bosnia but with the question of why people make wars.

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"He has a knack for bringing close the horrors that readers would prefer to keep at arm's length. His account of his visits to the Trnopolje and Omarska concentration camps, where thousands of Muslims were detained and tortured by Serbian guards, and where hundreds were being murdered, is so harrowing partly because he concentrates on the moral quandary in which his own presence puts him."    -- Brian Hall

   -- New York Times Book Review

"He has written a sardonic, passionate, searching, often surreal book that...finds its bitter genius in the chasm between truth and official truth and the deadly implications of this gap....The strength of the book is its quiet, perfectly tuned epiphanies about the human urge for violence and the forces that allow it to be unleashed."    -- Tina Rosenberg

   -- Washington Post Book World

"A gripping work from the very first page, by a writer whose bravery, honesty, and vivid proficiency add honor to his profession. There are events in this book the reader will find hard to forget. I doubt the author, having been witness, will ever forget them."    -- Joseph Heller

"Extraordinary...Pass it on, and keep it for your children until they're old enough to read it themselves. Far too many people it describes died. Don't let that happen to their story."    -- Tim Sebastian

   -- Mail on Sunday (London)

"Like Michael Herr's 'Dispatches', this is a literary work about war that enlightens us, horrifies us, and often forces us to face parts of ourselves that are unflatteringly familiar. A remarkable, brilliant book."    -- Gay Talese

"Brilliantly written with contained emotion, Peter Maass's shattering book on the tragedy in the former Yugoslavia is more than a reportage; it is a powerful plea for sanity, decency, and compassion on behalf of forgotten victims."    -- Elie Wiesel

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1996
Size: 6.75 x 10 inches
Weight: 1.45 pounds
Pages: 305

Publisher's Notes

What Michael Herrs Dispatches was to the Vietnam War, Love Thy Neighbor is to the Bosnian War--a brilliantly observed and deeply felt evocation of war by a writer who witnessed it. The work immediately calls to mind Hellers Catch-22 for its grasp of the absurdity of war, and, for its accurate presentation of the events, Neil Sheehan's A Bright, Shining Lie.

Other Editions

Hardcover - Random House Inc (1996) - from $1.00
Paperback Reprint - Random House Inc (1997) - from $1.19

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