Border : A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Paperback)

from PDCRead

Kapka Kassabova now lives in Scotland and before that resided in New Zealand, but she was not born in these places. Twenty-five years ago she left Bulgaria as a teenager and in this book she returns to her home country. In her childhood, the border between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece was part of ...

from CarltonC

I enjoyed this well written, interesting and informative story of Kapka Kassabova's return visits to Bulgaria and exploration of its borderlands with Turkey and Greece. She evokes a more general history of the region (which I do not know at all) from her personal experiences.

from lycomayflower

Part travel memoir, part mediation on borders, Kassabova's book is an exploration of the people, geography, and history of the borders between Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria. This is well written and the material is well presented, but I never quite settled into it. While Kassabova does explore his...

from BLyda97112

Let me start out by saying that I absolutely loved this book. Ms. Kassabova is a staggeringly talented narrative storyteller, and her account of the history and happenings in the Bulgarian/Greek/Turkish area are informative and interesting. Her cast of locals with whom she travels and gets to kno...

from konastories

Joy's Review: Kassaboya spends at least a year exploring the borders between Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. She tells of her experiences, history, myths, and personal stories of those she meets with incredibly descriptive, beautiful language. A part of the world that I know little about, Kassavoba...