Description: By examining oral history collected during two years of fieldwork, anthropologist Rebecca Bryant investigates why the 2003 opening of the ceasefire line dividing Cyprus has not led the country any closer to reunification, and how in many ways it has driven the two communities of the island farther apart.
Review Quotes: "Rebecca Bryant's The Past in Pieces offers timely insights about the ways in which protagonists' own experiences and memories with violence and loss complicate the peace process in a conflict ridden land even when the timing and circumstances seem ripe for a peaceful solution. . . Her gifted way of using metaphors while revealing her informants' experiences of loss, betrayal and violence, ability to describe even the most subtle feelings of her characters, and intellectual honesty about her personal dilemmas for not being able to remain objective at times are particularly captivating."-- "Nations and Nationalism"