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A few years after the event/s I became quite obsessed with the rolling wars that brought about the end of the former Yugoslavia, and read about it voraciously, but it was always the siege of Sarajevo that made my heart hurt the most. It's been a long time since then and I thought I'd had my fill until this novel by Priscilla Morris came along with its enticing cover, for the 30th anniversary of the siege. Morris's story is based upon the real life experience of older members of her own famil ...more
A few years after the event/s I became quite obsessed with the rolling wars that brought about the end of the former Yugoslavia, and read about it voraciously, but it was always the siege of Sarajevo that made my heart hurt the most. It's been a long time since then and I thought I'd had my fill until this novel by Priscilla Morris came along with its enticing cover, for the 30th anniversary of the siege. Morris's story is based upon the real life experience of older members of her own famil ...more
2023 Womens Prize longlist
I'd put off reading Black Butterflies because it's centred around the 1992 onset of the horror of the Siege of Sarajevo.
I'd already read about the siege in the 2008 highly acclaimed novel The Cellist of Sarajevo which showed the power of music in this horrific circumstance.
This novel approaches the siege from a middle-aged woman artists point of view. It's also particularly well done and I was surprised how compelling it was. I just couldn't stop listening.
I loved th ...more
I'd put off reading Black Butterflies because it's centred around the 1992 onset of the horror of the Siege of Sarajevo.
I'd already read about the siege in the 2008 highly acclaimed novel The Cellist of Sarajevo which showed the power of music in this horrific circumstance.
This novel approaches the siege from a middle-aged woman artists point of view. It's also particularly well done and I was surprised how compelling it was. I just couldn't stop listening.
I loved th ...more
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