Slavenka Drakulic's work has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, the New York Times, Time, and The New York
Review of Books among many other publications and is widely translated throughout the world.Her books include the
novel Holograms of Fear and her most recent collection of essays, The Balkan Express.She lives in Zagreb.
Review
"A thoughtful, beautifully written collection of essays...blending provocative analysis with the texture
of everyday life."
--New York Times Book Review
"An invaluable account of the cumulative weariness of the soul brought on by daily life in an Eastern European
country."
--Vivian Gornick
Submitted by Publishers, July, 2001
Summary
Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping,
beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic
of Yugoslavia.
