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The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo

The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo - Paula Huntley No, with killing and bombings and trash dumped in the street and racial hatred, Kosovo doesn't sound like a great place to visit. But when Paula Huntley's husband was sent to Kosovo to help establish a legal system, Huntley impulsively decides to accompany him and later jumps into teaching a group of Kosovo Albanians English. Unexpectedly, Huntley falls in love---with the country, with its people. Yes, I'd heard of Kosovo, but I doubt I'd have been able to write a coherent essay explaining much about the conflict there prior to reading this book. I recommend this book. In some ways, it reminded me of Reading Lolita in Tehran. But can we self-centered Americans ever read too much about areas of the world where people don't spend most of their day at the mall or playing Nintendo?