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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.

It's a place which has at its heart two lakes of exceptional beauty and wilderness, and a gathering of many stories and voices.

Read by Clare Corbett

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed

Producer: Jill Waters

A Waters Company production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2020.