Montenegro

Following his expulsion from the top rank of the Yugoslav Communist government, Milovan Djilas was imprisoned from 1956 to 1961. This is one of three books he wrote in prison. It is a remarkable story, being part history and part fiction, a blend of reality and legend. The ballad-like tone of Montenegro, with its deep and clear awareness that violence both destroys and heightens life, resembles Land Without Justice, the autobiography of Djilas's early years. [from the dust jacket]