ABSTRACT
The border and its surroundings … is always a lot more exciting than the central part of the country. It is an enchanted, magic space, the secret place of risk and adventure, where the landscape and all its motions are replete with tension. In the eastern parts of Europe, this was usually a territory cordoned off by barbed wire and barriers, with grim watchtowers above the trenches, where even the winged bird counted as an insider.’ 1
