The essays in this collection work best when they combine literature and politics. I saw Elba . It is with the utmost grace that the essay slides into politics, into a discussion of the Balkan looking-glass war, where each enemy accuses the other of its own darkest desires. In reality both sides of the tormented land in their fight to the death speak Croatian, but also Serbian, they are dying on one side, and on the other. Truth is on our side they shout from left to right.
Truth is on our side they shout from right to left.
The destruction was accomplished by nationalists, the ones who are still in power today.