Kosovo, 1999-2000 : The flight of reason

Paolo Pellegrin
Kosovo, 1999-2000 : The flight of reason
Photographs: Paolo Pellegrin
Text: Tim Judah & Thomas Rees
Publisher: Trolley
148 pages
Year: 2002
Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket, 240 x 240 mm. First edition, 2002. Black and white photographs. Text in English. In very good condition. Included in The Photobook, vol.3 by Parr & Badger.
"In 1999 the villages, fields and towns of Kosovo erupted into savage violence. It had been a long time coming, like a darkening storm on the horizon, and when it came it arrived with a mixture of venom, revenge and naked ferocity.
By the end of war almost 850,000 people had been displaced, thier homes sacked and burned, while countless thousands more had been killed. They are countless because there are still, to this day, undiscovered graves. It is an old human story, but played out with a peculiarly Balkan dislocation of reason. As always, the people of Kosovo were the sufferers, homeless, lost, hopelessly seeking refuge in the wilderness of war.
The reasons for this book are complex. Paolo has made his statement here, the result of two years work. But one reason, albeit pitifully rehearsed, like some irrefutable dirge or mantra, is clear. It is: Lest we forget"
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