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Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street

by Barbara Demick
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Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street
Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street

Intimate, heart-wrenching snapshot of Sarajevo's siege.

"Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street" will transport you straight to the heart of Logavina Street, offering a profound understanding of human resilience amidst war's chaos. Barbara Demick's personal narratives give soul to statistics, reminding us of the individual stories behind historical events. It's a poignant read that promises not just facts, but feelings – the fear, the hope, the solidarity. You'll come away with a deeper empathy for those who have lived through the unimaginable.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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by Barbara Demick
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ISBN: 9781847084118
Authors: Barbara Demick
Publisher: Granta Books
Date of Publication: 2012-04-05
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Politics, Travel, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Politics, Journalism, Historical, War, Memoir, History, European History
Goodreads rating: 4.27
(rated by 2373 readers)

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For four centuries, Logavina Street was a quiet residential road in a cosmopolitan city, home to Muslims and Christians, Serbs and Croats. Then the war tore the street apart. In this extraordinary eyewitness account, Demick weaves together the stories of ten families from Logavina Street. For three and a half years, they were often without heat, water, food or electricity. They had to evade daily sniper fire and witnessed the deaths of friends, neighbours and family. Alongside the horrific realities of living in a warzone, Demick describes the roots of the conflict and explains how neighbours and friends were turned so swiftly into deadly enemies. With the same honest, intimate reporting style which won her so many plaudits for Nothing to Envy, Barbara Demick brilliantly illuminates one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, and describes how, twenty years later, the residents of Logavina Street are coping with its consequences.
 

Intimate, heart-wrenching snapshot of Sarajevo's siege.

"Besieged: Life Under Fire on a Sarajevo Street" will transport you straight to the heart of Logavina Street, offering a profound understanding of human resilience amidst war's chaos. Barbara Demick's personal narratives give soul to statistics, reminding us of the individual stories behind historical events. It's a poignant read that promises not just facts, but feelings – the fear, the hope, the solidarity. You'll come away with a deeper empathy for those who have lived through the unimaginable.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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