The whirlwind of Europe's longest war in half a century has produced this powerful collection of personal narrativesessays, letters, and poemsfrom refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, these stories tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage. With startling immediacy and in moving detail, speakers tell of stuffing a few belongingsa handful of photographs, a rock from the garden, a change of clothesinto a suitcase and fleeing their homeland.
Contributors from all ethnic groups and every region of Bosnia and Croatia...