{"product_id":"sarajevo-blues","title":"Sarajevo blues (Includes photographs)","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOur review\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\"Sarajevo Blues\" is not just any novel or book. We found it to be a fundamental text of European memory and \u003cstrong\u003ea testament to resistance and human dignity\u003c\/strong\u003e. Moreover, it is exquisitely published, which helps transport us to the streets of the besieged city. This book, which was a success upon its \u003cstrong\u003efirst publication in the late nineties\u003c\/strong\u003e, brings us closer to the most intimate details of daily life under bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eIts author, Semezdin Mehmedinović, achieves the feat of finding \u003cstrong\u003ebeauty and humanity amidst devastation\u003c\/strong\u003e, intertwining brief prose and poems with a heartbreaking clarity that has fascinated authors such as Paul Auster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eThe striking cover photograph, accompanied by the quote \"\u003cstrong\u003eSnow will cover the city, just as war has covered time\u003c\/strong\u003e,\" already alerts you to the intimate and melancholic tone you will find within. It is a raw read, yes, but a very necessary and strangely beautiful one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eA perfect recommendation \u003cstrong\u003efor those looking for books with soul\u003c\/strong\u003e, the kind that don't leave you indifferent and bring you closer to the social and human reality of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBook details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eConsidered his most iconic work, this book intertwines brief prose and poems written during the siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996). In them, Mehmedinović records daily life during the conflict with an intimate and restrained gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"12\"\u003eFrom the death of family members to the loss of children's innocence, the author reveals the atrocious condition of those caught in war. This text, raw and delicate at the same time, transforms scenes of destruction and the most minimal gestures into a true \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"12\" data-index-in-node=\"279\"\u003eblues\u003c\/i\u003e, a melancholic and tenacious song of survival. The work, a milestone of resistance, is accompanied by the powerful photographs of Milomir Kovačević.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"14\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eSemezdin Mehmedinović\u003c\/b\u003e (1960) is a prominent writer from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1992, at the height of the conflict in his country, he founded the weekly newspaper \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"14\" data-index-in-node=\"150\"\u003eHB Dani\u003c\/i\u003e with the firm purpose of \"giving voice to democracy and pluralism in times of genocide.\" After the war, he moved to the United States, where he lived for more than twenty years. After that period abroad, he returned to Bosnia and currently lives in Sarajevo. He is also the author of acclaimed works such as \"Diaries of Forgetting.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-path-to-node=\"13\"\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e184\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eSemezdin Mehmedinović\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding: \u003c\/strong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deleste \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition: \u003c\/strong\u003e2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9788412968941\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Deleste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56003938091334,"sku":"Novedades","price":21.81,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/SarajevoBlues.webp?v=1771675911","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/sarajevo-blues","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}