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Last updated: May 21, 2023

    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia, recommended by Arnold Jansen

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    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Op Weg Naar Het Einde - On My Way to the End (in Dutch) by Gerard Reve

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    Op Weg Naar Het Einde - On My Way to the End (in Dutch)
    by Gerard Reve
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    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić

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    The Bridge on the Drina
    by Ivo Andrić
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    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Hotel Atonaal by Hans Keller

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    Hotel Atonaal
    by Hans Keller
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    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Collected Poems by Philip Larkin

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    Collected Poems
    by Philip Larkin
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    A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Collected Work by Remco Campert

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    Collected Work
    by Remco Campert

    • The Dutch army captain whose unit secured Tuzla airbase for the incoming UN aid in 1994 talks about the books he kept with him in Bosnia, and the inspiration for his Yugoslav novel, King of Tuzla

  • A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Op Weg Naar Het Einde - On My Way to the End (in Dutch) by Gerard Reve
  • A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
  • A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Hotel Atonaal by Hans Keller
  • A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
  • A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia - Collected Work by Remco Campert

A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia, recommended by Arnold Jansen

The Dutch army captain whose unit secured Tuzla airbase for the incoming UN aid in 1994 talks about the books he kept with him in Bosnia, and the inspiration for his Yugoslav novel, King of Tuzla

A Poet Soldier’s View of Bosnia, recommended by Arnold Jansen

    The best books on Love, War, and Longing, recommended by Janine di Giovanni

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    The best books on Love - The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth

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    The Radetzky March
    by Joseph Roth
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    The best books on Love - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

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    A Moveable Feast
    by Ernest Hemingway
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    The best books on Love - The Last Time I Saw Paris by Elliot Paul

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    The Last Time I Saw Paris
    by Elliot Paul
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    The best books on Love - Travels with Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn

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    Travels with Myself and Another
    by Martha Gellhorn
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    The best books on Love - The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

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    The Odyssey
    by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

    • War reporter tells us that her life is permeated with sense of loss and longing. She quotes her heroine Martha Gellhorn: "I have a sudden notion of why history is such a mess. Human beings do not live long enough"

  • The best books on Love - The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
  • The best books on Love - A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
  • The best books on Love - The Last Time I Saw Paris by Elliot Paul
  • The best books on Love - Travels with Myself and Another by Martha Gellhorn
  • The best books on Love - The Odyssey by Homer and translated by Emily Wilson

The best books on Love, War, and Longing, recommended by Janine di Giovanni

War reporter tells us that her life is permeated with sense of loss and longing. She quotes her heroine Martha Gellhorn: “I have a sudden notion of why history is such a mess. Human beings do not live long enough”

The best books on Love, War, and Longing, recommended by Janine di Giovanni

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