A Journey to the Rivers

Description:

Published in Germany in 1996, A Journey to the Rivers created a firestorm of controversy, being likened, by some, to revisionist writings mitigating Nazi guilt for World War II. But that is a grave misreading of the book, for Peter Handke proffers no justification or explanations for Serbian atrocities in the Balkan conflict. A Journey to the Rivers is, rather, both a scathing criticism of Western war reporting, which Peter Handke describes as lazy and mendacious, and a wonderfully sensitive and nuanced travelogue through Serbia.

subjects: Austrian Authors,  Travel,  Yugoslav War, 1991-1995,  Biography,  Serbia, politics and government,  Croatia, politics and government,  Fiction, general

People: Peter Handke

Places: Serbia and Montenegro,  Serbia

Times: 20th century