Tales of Old Sarajevo

Tales of Old Sarajevo
Author: Isak Samokovlija
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780853033325

This collection of short sotries written by Isak Samokovlija, the Sholom Aleichem of Sephardic Jewry, depicts the life and mentality of Bosnian Sephardic Jews.

Tales of Old Sarajevo

Tales of Old Sarajevo
Author: Isak Samokovlija
Publisher: Mitchell Vallentine
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This collection of short stories from Isak Samokovlija, the Sholom Aleichem of Sephardi Jewry, depicts the life and mentality of Bosnian Sephardic Jews.

Goodbye Sarajevo

Goodbye Sarajevo
Author: Atka Reid
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2012-05-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1408827751

A moving and compelling true story about two sisters fighting for survival in Sarajevo during the Bosnian war

Sarajevo Marlboro

Sarajevo Marlboro
Author: Miljenko Jergovic
Publisher: Archipelago
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1935744739

One of the 25 Books That Inspired the World (1989–2014), World Literature Today A remarkable and bracing collection of “classic anti-war writing” from a Croatian writer whose piercing prose recalls Kurt Vonnegut and Aleksander Hemon (Richard Flanagan, Booker Prize–winning author) Miljenko Jergović’s remarkable debut collection of stories, Sarajevo Marlboro, earned him wide acclaim throughout Europe. In “melancholy, dreamlike” prose, the stories in Sarajevo Marlboro “recall Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, but Jergovic’s book is the strongest of the three” (Maud Newton). Croatian by birth, Jergović spent his childhood in Sarajevo and chose to remain there throughout most of the war. These stories are distinctly of the material world, and they are shaped by Jergović’s deeply personal vision, subterranean humor, and a razor-sharp understanding of the fate of the city’s young Muslims, Croats, and Serbs—the minute details of their interior lives in the foreground, the killing zone in the background.

The Woman from Sarajevo

The Woman from Sarajevo
Author: Ivo Andrić
Publisher: Calder Publications Limited
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1965
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 9780714506159

Fools Rush In

Fools Rush In
Author: Bill Carter
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1473526604

Some trips are chosen, others choose you. When tragedy strikes Bill Carter's life he finds himself drawn to a war zone. In the modern heart of darkness, the besieged city of Sarajevo, we meet a man rebuilding the ruins of his former self in the most unlikely of places. Carter joins a maverick aid organization, 'The Serious Road Trip', and dodges snipers to deliver food and supplies to those the UN can't reach. He makes friends with the artistic community of Sarajevo and fights alongside them for survival in a place where food and water are scarce, where you meet death every day, but crucially where life, love and laughter ring out all the same. Carter takes his journey one surreal step further and enlists the help of major rock band U2.The ensuing events go no small way to influencing the course of the war and Western awareness of it.

Natasha's Story

Natasha's Story
Author: Michael Nicholson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1997
Genre: Children
ISBN: 9780330370660

This is the story of ITN reporter Michael Nicholson's rescue of Natasha, a nine-year-old orphan from war-torn Sarajevo. The book tells of Michael's encounter with 200 children in an orphanage, the bond he developed with Natasha and their escape to England.

Zlata's Diary

Zlata's Diary
Author: Zlata Filipovic
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2006-02-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9780756968199

The compelling firsthand account of the war in Sarajevo through the eyes of a young Croatian girl.

The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead
Author: Janine Di Giovanni
Publisher: Phoenix
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1995
Genre: Sarajevo (Bosnia and Hercegovina)
ISBN: 9781857993332

Two Days Till Peace

Two Days Till Peace
Author: Mile Jovicic
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1456748394

"This is a fascinating and gripping survival story. The book describes what it was like to live day by day in a city undergoing the beginnings of a terrible civil war where one did not know what was going on from one minute to the next and there was danger at every corner. Neighbors, old friends and colleagues suddenly became enemies and whether you liked it or not you were forced to take sides. The author tells his story with suspense and honesty. He did a remarkable job in keeping the Sarajevo Airport operational against all odds and in doing so was able to help thousands of Sarajevans flee the horrors that quickly overcame the city. A truly fine read." -James Bissett, former Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia "As the early UN commander in Sarajevo it would have helped a lot if I knew some of the details Mile recounts herein; unfortunately, he was a kilometer away, which during the war was a mighty long and dangerous trip." -Lewis Mackenzie, Canadian Major General (Ret'd) "An extraordinary testimony about the early days of the war in Bosnia from a witness at the very heart of events. Jovicic's compelling account sheds light on the chaotic situation in mid-1992 and the many missed opportunities to avoid the bloodshed that ensued." -Nebojsa Malic, columnist, Antiwar.com "What a great story, breathtaking! At the Sarajevo Airport the events could have easily spun out of control. The author faithfully recorded many aspects of unreported history that forces us to rethink what really happened in Bosnia." -Kent Johnson, US Air Force Colonel (Ret'd)