Children of Atlantis :
Published by : Central European University Press ; | Distributed in the United States by Oxford University Press, (Budapest ; | New York :) Physical details: 183 p. ; 25 cm. ISBN:1858660416 (pbk.).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 949.7024 Chi (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Pauline Yaksich | 74375 |
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| 949.7 Ada My Native Land | 949.7 Hep Yugoslavia | 949.7 Lam Yugoslavia as history : | 949.7024 Chi Children of Atlantis : | 949.703 Wil Peace with justice? | 949.745 Mil A stranger's supper | 950 Cen Central, South & Southeast Asia / |
pt. 1. Stories of war and exile. Recollections --
Out of Sarajevo --
Experiences --
Refugee blues --
pt. 2. Stories of disillusionment, despair and hope. Reflections --
Feelings of deprivation --
In search of identity --
Hopes and wishes --
Post scriptum : letter to a Sarajevo generation.
The Children of Atlantis is a collection of statements by a hundred young people who have fled various parts of the former Yugoslavia in the face of war and destruction, nationalism, hatred and ethnic cleansing, the pressure to take sides, and the draft. As refugees, they are seeking to continue or complete their education at universities around the world, all the while confronting the task of making something of their lives amid the catastrophe that has overwhelmed them, their families, and their homeland. Gathered here are extracts from essays written by the students describing the circumstances that drove them to leave their homes, and the different ways (both optimistic and bleak) they envision their futures. It offers a snapshot of virtually a whole generation of young people on the threshold of their working lives, uprooted from the world they grew up in. Their voices are varied, expressing pain, anger, uncertainty, hope, and the positive energy of youth. What they have in common is a sense of disbelief and bewilderment at the forces unleashed in what was their country.
In a way this is a war-report, though not prepared by foreign war-reporters or covered from the frontlines. Rather, it is a diverse chronicle revealing the unseen psychological aspects of war, written by the victims from the depths of their souls
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