![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Violence was indeed all I knew of the Balkans,’ writes Rebecca West, ‘all I knew of the South Slavs. She now considers the personality of Whittaker Chambers as revealed in Witness, just published by Random House. Many journalists in this country and in Britain regard her more recent writings, such as The Meaning of Treason, as the best reporting produced in the post-war period. Atlantic readers will recall her Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, which was serialized in this magazine and which is indispensable to any understanding of the Balkans. A successful novelist, she is also a distinguished authority on international affairs. Rebecca West's sweeping story of a region in turmoilįew writers in the English-speaking world can match, in versatility, the accomplishments of REBECCA WEST. West’s reporting on her travels through the Balkans, published in The Atlantic in 1941, was compiled in the book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. ![]()
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