- Perfect Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747580367
- ISBN-13: 978-0747580362
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 242,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
The Place At The End Of The World
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
From a near-abandoned hospital in Chechnya to bombed-out Tora Bora in Afghanistan, from Saddam Hussein's derelict palace in Baghdad to the inner-city barrios of Kingston, the author has covered almost every embattled place in the world and the people caught in its midst. The pieces collected begin with Algeria in 1998 and end with Iraq in 2005.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Perfect Paperback
I bought this book during a browsing whim at a bookshop and its lived up to all my expectations. For someone for whom 'WAR' has been only what is read in newspapers and watched on television, this book has totally changed my perspective. It is one book which got tears to my eyes thinking about the atrocitiues committed in Afghanistan, Iraq etc and has made me realise how fortunate I am to be living in a free country and able to express my opinions freely. It is a must read for all of us who live in developed countries and who get bogged down with the simple problems in life.
Thanks Janine for giving me a totally new and refreshing perspective to life.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Perfect Paperback
Unless your empathy is encased in layers of dirt, this book will bring some of the reality of war home to you with quite some force.
Janine di Giovanni describes various conflicts around the world through the voices of people who are having to survive and live under the most horrendous, dangerous circumstances.
The book is a testament to the absurdity of war and the resilience of human beings. Some of the circumstnces that people have to endure are worse than any fiction writer could conceive -for example, the people of Chechnya having to live under the constant threat of attack from soldiers whose minds are warped by drugs and alcohol.
In addition, the personal fragments are in no way out of place at the end of the book, indeed I find it absolutely inspiring to think that people such as Janine di Giovanni can maintain their hope and humanity and still revel in the simple joys of everyday life, even having witnessed so much suffering. Incredible.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Perfect Paperback
Wow, this is such an awesome book. This woman is such a great writer. She is the bravest woman. At the start of her career Janine was told to go forth and write about the small people. She did that and more! From a crowded lunatic asylum in Chechnya to bombed-out Tora Tora! in Afghanistan, from Saddam Hussein's derelict palace in Baghdad to the inner-city barrios of Miami, she has covered almost every embattled place in the world and the people caught in its midst. Sometimes I cried as I read and sometimes I hooted with laughter as Janine told how she had talked her way out of a tight spot with marauding troops. Vivid, raw and impassioned - and war through her is terrifyingly real. That's not me talking. That's professional critics. Can't wait for the next installment. Next time please some better maps. Not all of us have travelled as much as Janine!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very good, but let down in parts
The Place at the End of the World is a very good piece of work from a clearly passionate and talented writer. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2007 by Politicsandfootball
War at the turn of the 21st century
I have read a dozen or so memoirs of war, and I particularly liked Janine's previous books: 'Madness visible' and 'The Quick and the Dead', so when I knew about this one I bought... Read more
Published on 4 April 2006 by Mariella Grima
terrifying
having followed janine's writings for many years since she came to prominence as the pre-eminent war reporter in the former yugoslavia revealing there terrible slaughter... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2006
wonderful
I rushed out to buy this book after reading an exemplary review of it in the London Evening Standard by Mr Sam Kiley. I stayed up all night admiring this enchanting young woman. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2006
fabulous
A magnificent, moody and haunting story told with the aplomb and verve we have come to expect from Janine. Courage is the word that comes to my mind. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2006
a triumph
This books is another eloquent triumph from the pen of the world's bravest and most beautiful war reporter. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2006
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
