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Téa Obreht—Tigers, Myths and Death Rites In The Balkans
In one of those insane acts that define modern war, NATO airplanes in 1999 (Operation Noble Anvil) bombed Belgrade and a random bomb destroyed part of the Belgrade Zoo. Prince, a Siberian tiger became so traumatized that he started eating … Continue reading
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Tagged American Literature, Balkans, Belgrade Zoo, Deathless Man, jungle book rudyard kipling, postaweek, Serbia, shere kahn, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
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