Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys
Cover of John Murray first edition (2002)
AuthorDervla Murphy
PublisherJohn Murray
Publication date
2002
Pages388 (first edition)
ISBN0719562325
Preceded byOne Foot in Laos 
Followed byThrough Siberia by Accident 

Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys is a nonfiction book by Irish author Dervla Murphy, detailing her travels through the Balkans.[1][2] It was first published by John Murray in 2002.[3]

Critical reception

Steve Crawshaw of The Independent panned the book, particularly Murphy's repeated "reluctance to address context".[2] The Guardian's Matthew Collin noted that Murphy's likability makes it easier for readers to get through the book's "relentless barrage of facts, acronyms and grim vignettes".[1] In a review for the Library Journal, Melinda Stivers Leach praised the book as "both highly educational and deeply inspiring".[4] The Irish Times' Owen Dawson also gave the book a positive review, concluding: "This is Murphy at her best – entertaining, observant, informed and, above all else, thoroughly human."[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Collin, Matthew (28 September 2002). "Disquiet on the eastern front". The Guardian.
  2. 1 2 Crawshaw, Steve (22 October 2002). "An intrepid traveller lost in a Balkan maze". The Independent. p. 14 – via Gale General OneFile.
  3. ↑ "Through the embers of chaos: Balkan journeys". British Library. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Leach, Melinda Stivers (15 June 2004). "Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys". Library Journal. 129 (11): 88. ISSN 0363-0277.
  5. ↑ Dawson, Owen (11 October 2003). "Through the Embers of Chaos: Balkan Journeys". The Irish Times. p. 62 – via Gale General OneFile.
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