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To the Lake, by Kapka Kassabova: Episode 1

To the Lake, by Kapka Kassabova

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Kapka Kassabova explores her family’s long history in the south-west Balkans.

Kapka Kassabova explores her own family’s ties to the south-west Balkans and their history of both discord and harmony.

The term ‘Balkanise’ came into being a century ago to describe a region fragmented into smaller mutually hostile states. 

Kapka Kassabova explores her  own family’s ties to the south-west Balkans and their fractured history of exile, discord and harmony. A place which has at its heart two lakes of exceptional beauty and wilderness, and a gathering of many stories and voices.

Written by Kapka Kassabova
Read by Clare Corbett
Abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters 
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4

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