Slavenka Drakulić writes essays, reportage and fiction about communism, nationalism, war, women's lives and the former Yugoslavia. How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed uses domestic details such as food, housing and consumer shortages to explain everyday life under state socialism, while They Would Never Hurt a Fly examines people tried for war crimes after the Yugoslav conflicts. Café Europa looks at post-communist change across Eastern Europe. Drakulić's writing is personal, concrete and sceptical of grand political abstractions. The clearest discovery routes are Balkan history, post-communist Europe, feminist nonfiction and literary journalism. Read more Less