Ten Thousand Shells and Counting: A Memoir - Softcover

Mujagic, Nadija

Softcover

ISBN 10: 166240297X ISBN 13: 9781662402975

Publisher: Page Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

"One of the best Bosnian War books of all time" - BookAuthority

"Mujagic's prose is descriptive, polished, and features well-integrated historical and political details without ever becoming dry." - BookLife Prize

Sarajevo 1992: a page-turning witness account of teenage life in a city at war that will immerse you in a world where survival is the only thought.
At the age of fourteen, Nadija watches from her window as tanks roll into the airport across the street. It's the beginning of the Serbian siege of the Bosnian capital. When a sniper kills their next door neighbor, Nadija and her family are forced to flee. Where can they find safe refuge? How does this young girl cope during the terrifying and seemingly never ending war? The true story of a teenager who learns to survive under the brutal war-sculpted lifestyle and losses under siege.

About this title

About the Author

Nadija Mujagić was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, what used to be the former Yugoslavia back in the late 1970s. In 1997, she moved to the United States shortly after the end of the Bosnian War and has lived in Massachusetts since. In her spare time, she enjoys playing sports and electric bass guitar. Visit her website for more information: nadijamujagic.com

From the Inside Flap

"I was trying to fathom the terror happening at home and recollecting the things we left behind. Oh, was my mother's jewelry still in the drawer in the pink envelope she hid it in? Was Amra's favorite jacket in the hallway closet? And were my favorite shoes with red circles on the sides in the small cabinet? But what about our neighbors? Were they really gone, or was it a hearsay? What wrong could they do to be so casually killed as if they were tiny insignificant pests? What

would have happened if we had stayed? Would my father still live? And how would I manage to survive a concentration camp? When justice was at stake, I grew angry. I didn't think anger would have served me well in regard to survival.

Everything was happening so fast that I couldn't focus my thoughts and feelings to reconcile these events. None of it was clear to me as to why all this was happening. My mother cried all the time. And then, so did my father."

Edition details

• Publisher: Page Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 166240297X
• ISBN 13: 9781662402975
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208