To the lake

Kapka Kassabova

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Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two vast lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region's past, and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes that have played a central role in Kapka Kassabova's maternal family. As she journeys to her grandmother's place of origin, Kassabova encounters a civilisational crossroads. The Lakes are set within the mountainous borderlands of North Macedonia, Albania and Greece, and crowned by the old Roman road, the via Egnatia. Once a trading and spiritual nexus of the southern Balkans, this lake region remains one of Eurasia's most culturally diverse areas. By exploring on water and land the stories of poets, fishermen, and caretakers, misfits, rulers, and inheritors of war and exile, Kassabova uncovers the human history shaped by the Lakes.


Author(s): Kassabova, Kapka
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 04/02/2021
Pagination: 382 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Granta Books
Published By: Granta Books
Book Classification: Travel writing|European history
Dimensions: 198x129x22
Weight: 290
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781783783984

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