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An account of a six months' tour of Yugoslavia, Aldiss's only travel book was once banned in that country
Every year the coast of Dalmatia is visited by more and more sun-seeking holiday makers. Magnificent as they are, the delights offered by the beaches of Dubrovnik are hardly novel: yet comparitively few tourists seek anything else. It is inland, however, that the true Jugoslavia is to be found: in this book Brian Aldiss has captured its diverse and elusive character - the product of a proverbially complex history, a rugged and magnificent terrain and a cultural heritage which combines Byzantine and Turkish, Christian and Muslim. Mr Aldiss is well known as a writer of fiction; here his talents are triumphantly extended to communicating the ambience of modern Zagreb, the aesthetic impact of a mediaeval fresco in a Serbian monastery, the beauties of Bosnia, the variety of scenic Slovenia, the harsh splendour of the Macedonian landscape, or the quality of life in Montenegro.
Every year the coast of Dalmatia is visited by more and more sun-seeking holiday makers. Magnificent as they are, the delights offered by the beaches of Dubrovnik are hardly novel: yet comparitively few tourists seek anything else. It is inland, however, that the true Jugoslavia is to be found: in this book Brian Aldiss has captured its diverse and elusive character - the product of a proverbially complex history, a rugged and magnificent terrain and a cultural heritage which combines Byzantine and Turkish, Christian and Muslim. Mr Aldiss is well known as a writer of fiction; here his talents are triumphantly extended to communicating the ambience of modern Zagreb, the aesthetic impact of a mediaeval fresco in a Serbian monastery, the beauties of Bosnia, the variety of scenic Slovenia, the harsh splendour of the Macedonian landscape, or the quality of life in Montenegro.
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