{"product_id":"s-a-novel-about-the-balkans-9780140298444","title":"S.: A Novel about the Balkans","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"S. may very well be one of the strongest books about war you will ever read. . . The writing is taut, precise, and masterful.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Philadelphia Enquirer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in 1992, during the height of the Bosnian war, \u003cb\u003eS.\u003c\/b\u003e reveals one of the most horrifying aspects of any war: the rape and torture of civilian women by occupying forces. S. is the story of a Bosnian woman in exile who has just given birth to an unwanted child--one without a country, a name, a father, or a language. Its birth only reminds her of an even more grueling experience: being repeatedly raped by Serbian soldiers in the \"women's room\" of a prison camp. Through a series of flashbacks, S. relives the unspeakable crimes she has endured, and in telling her story--timely, strangely compelling, and ultimately about survival--depicts the darkest side of human nature during wartime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140298444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.65d","brand":"Slavenka Drakulic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935323459765,"sku":"9780140298444","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1035e01b-5d0f-42be-a639-fdb4d10db146.jpg?v=1688487646","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/s-a-novel-about-the-balkans-9780140298444","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}