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christhelesbian
Sarajevo Marlboro | Miljenko Jergovic
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the writing style slays

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vivastory
Sarajevo Marlboro | Miljenko Jergovic
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I'm only 50 pages in, but this book is astonishing.

Branwen Wow! 2y
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squirrelbrain
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Before I started I worried that this historic novel might be too dry or politically-minded. There were some political parts that were rather dry but the majority of the novel imagined the lives of the inhabitants of the town by the bridge, over almost 4 centuries, and I really enjoyed it.

#readingeurope2020 I used it for #serbia but would also work for #bosniaandherzegovina too.

BarbaraBB That is good to know, I have this one lined up for Bosnia! 4y
charl08 I couldn't find a copy of this in the shop and ended up with another chunkster by the same author. (Still on the TBR!) 4y
Librarybelle Great! 4y
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squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB - be warned there‘s some quite horrific violence / torture near the beginning but it doesn‘t continue throughout the book. 4y
squirrelbrain @charl08 - the library had two of his books and the other one was a chunkster, which is why I chose this one instead 😁 4y
BarbaraBB Thanks for the warning! 4y
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squirrelbrain
The Cellist of Sarajevo | Steven Galloway
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I‘d listened to half of this book on audio but finished it off yesterday on Kindle. I preferred the audio as I hear so much more in books like this than if I‘m speed reading.

Such a good book, but so heartbreaking. I still can‘t understand that this was real life for people in Europe, only 25 years ago. Makes our current situation less of a battle - at least we don‘t have to worry about getting shot when we have to go out to fetch water.

Cinfhen Agreed!!! This book was heartbreaking more so by how recently events took place 4y
BarbaraBB I am always shocked when I realize that war was in the 90s while I was just living my life... 💔 4y
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Librarybelle This was such a good book! 4y
Cindyelizavaz I have this on my to be read! 4y
Hooked_on_books It‘s amazing the perspective books can give. I remember this one being beautiful and heartbreaking. 4y
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suzie.reads
Love and Obstacles | Aleksandar Hemon
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I enjoyed this really like Hemon's writing 😊 A collection of short stories some dark and some humourous.
#ReadingEurope2020 #BosniaandHerzegovina 🇧🇦 (36th country)

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