Memoir books from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Recommended memoir books (4)
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If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Bosnia and Herzegovina for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
1.
Goodbye Sarajevo : A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival by Atka Reid, Hana Schofield EN
Rating: 3 1 Vote
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war
2.
The Cat I Never Named by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess EN
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace --
3.
Where You Come From by Damion Searls, Sasa Stanisic EN
Rating: 4.5 2 Votes
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
In August, 1992, a boy and his mother flee the war in Yugoslavia and arrive in Germany. Six months later, the boy’s father joins them, bringing a brown suitcase, insomnia, and a scar on his thigh. Saša Stanišic’s Where You Come From is a novel about this family, whose world is uprooted and remade by war: their history, their life before the conflict, and the years that followed their escape as they created a new life in a new country. Blending autofiction, fable, and choose-your-own-adventure, Where You Come From is set in a village where only thirteen people remain, in lost and made-up memori... continue
4.
Zlata's Diary : A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović EN
Rating: 3.5 13 Votes
Country: Europe / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Description:
Excerpts from the author's diary, begun when she was eleven, describes life in Sarajevo under siege
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