{"product_id":"9780312424398","title":"The Stone Fields : Love and Death in the Balkans","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Stone Fields\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Courtney Angela Brkic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she was twenty-three years old, Courtney Angela Brkic joined a UN-contracted forensic team in eastern Bosnia. Unlike many aid workers, Brkic was drawn there by her family history, and although fluent in the language, she was advised to avoid letting local workers discover her ethnicity. Her passionate narrative of establishing a morgue in a small town and excavating graves at Srebenica is braided with her family's remarkable history in what was once Yugoslavia. \u003ci\u003eThe Stone Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, deeply personal and wise, asks what it takes to prevent the violent loss of life, and what we are willing to risk in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brkic digs for sometimes distant, sometimes recent history, putting her findings into beautiful and poetic language that conjures up lively imagery.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written with lyrical precision.” —\u003ci\u003eRichard Eder, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brkic is a talented writer...[and] her talent with the  language of fiction brings on a nonfiction narrative with true softness....Exquisite.” —\u003ci\u003ePeter Maass, Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brkic tells [her story] sensitively, sparely and with quiet passion.” —\u003ci\u003eJonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312424398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40673485586638,"sku":"9780312424398","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_818bb7f3-4cbc-4fd2-84d4-f11e6dff134d.jpg?v=1639885477","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312424398","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}