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Black Sheep and Gray Eagle: Six Hundred Years in the Balkans, an Exploration Journey of Suffering and Hope

(uk) Rebecca West

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On the eve of World War I, the king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was assassinated, and the Balkans, the "powder keg of Europe", was turbulent. Based on the author's experiences along the way in the Balkans, this book traces the internal and external political entanglements and military conflicts in the history of the Balkans due to ethnic, religious, geographical and other factors. It also witnesses the living conditions of the local residents and attempts to reveal the tragic mystery of the fate of the local ethnic groups. There is always an eagle-like desire for sacred sacrifices in the hearts of the suffering people in the Balkans. They pray that, like the sacrificial lambs, they will reach eternity with the gesture of destruction. This unique spiritual endowment guides the Balkans to transcend suffering and slide into the abyss of tragedy. The author Rebecca used the metaphor of "black sheep and gray eagle" to say: In everything, hope is here.