“It may be that all borderlands hum with the frequencies of the unconscious; after all, borders are where the fabric is thin”. This one is that wild, once barbed strip between Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. A mosaic of story and memory, studded with Byzantine treasure, Thracian springs, and a grey chill lingering from the Cold War.
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
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