Acclaimed writer Vitali Vitaliev takes a personal journey through Europe's forgotten enclaves, tiny fragments of countries cut off and completely surrounded by another. Stuck for centuries between two different cultures, currencies and (at times) languages, each enclave features fascinating idiosyncrasies of everyday life, making these geographical and historical anomalies perfect destinations for an inquisitive, knowledge-hungry traveller. An enclave in his own right, Vitaliev, a Ukrainian-born Russian Jew with Australian and British citizenship, travels in search of his own elusive identity and in search of what makes Europeans truly unique. He goes to Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Italy and Austria, setting out just as the European identity is being imposed from Brussels through the Euro. Some of the proceeds to go to The Foundation for Endangered Languages which works to protect and promote endangered languages.
