{"product_id":"s-a-novel-about-the-balkans-9780140298444","title":"S.: A Novel about the Balkans","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Slavenka Drakulic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408430981271,"sku":"9780140298444","price":1831.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140298444.webp?v=1767309887","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/s-a-novel-about-the-balkans-9780140298444","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}