From Library Journal
When war began in Sarajevo in April 1992, Softic began keeping a diary of her experience living in a city at war, recording the tribulations of life without dependable electricity, running water, or even food. She quickly became disillusioned with the posturing and the empty threats of the other European governments and the international community. After one year, Softic switched from diary form to letters written to acquaintances in Zagreb, and these letters present a more detailed picture of her situation until June 1995. Unlike Zlata's Diary (LJ 4/15/94), this is an adult's view of the war, yet many of the observations and conclusions are remarkably similar. Friends and family are more important to both young women than politics or male war games; ordinary people do matter. Softic remains in Sarajevo, determined to experience the full measure of living through a war and also to survive. Popular collections should consider.?Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Serbo-Croation
Original Language: Serbo-Croation
