Analysis: Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo and book clubs in general

From: Talk of the Nation (NPR) | Date: February 10, 2003| Author: MELINDA PENKAVA | Copyright information


NPR Talk of the Nation

02-10-2003

Analysis: Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo and book clubs in general

Host: MELINDA PENKAVA
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

MELINDA PENKAVA, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Melinda Penkava in Washington, in for Neal Conan.

One year after the 1999 NATO bombings that stopped the war in Kosovo, American Paula Huntley found herself in Pristina teaching English. To help the lessons along, she chose a tool tha...

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