The Island of the World O'Brien Michael D.Paperback
The Island of the World O'Brien Michael D.Paperback See more great novels at .Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life…
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The Island of the World O'Brien Michael D.Paperback
See more great novels at .Island of the World is the story of a child born in 1933 into the turbulent world of the Balkans and tracing his life into the third millennium. As the novel begins, World War II is underway and the entire region of Yugoslavia is torn by conflicting factions: German and Italian occupying armies, and the rebel forces that resist them--the fascist Ustashe, Serb nationalist Chetniks, and Communist Partisans. The central character is Josip Lasta, the son of an impoverished school teacher in a remote village high in the mountains of the Bosnian interior.
Their only remaining strength is their religious faith and their families.For more than a century, the confused and highly inflammatory history of former Yugoslavia has As events gather momentum, hell breaks loose, and the young and the innocent are caught in the path of great evils.