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Shards (2011)

by Ismet Prcic(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0802170811 (ISBN13: 9780802170811)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grove Press, Black Cat

review 1: A great mixture of the novel and memoir forms. A young Bosnian called Ismet Prcic leaves his war torn country to live in California where a doctor advises him to write everything down to help him cope with his problems settling down there - this is the memoir part. The novel focuses on his life growing up in Bosnia, family problems and the eventual family breakup. It is also a really heartbreaking study of the horrors of war and the resulting shell shock
review 2: Griitty and bold, two young men try to survive in war torn Bosnia. Ismet is part of an acting troupe that escapes through Scotland on into the US. Mustafa is drafted into the military. What I found most compelling, is the way the everyday lives of the people were blown apart. Families living norma... morel lives, visiting the country on the weekend, browsing the shops, going to dinner, never expecting that violence and hatred were going to destroy their lives. They are just like us, then one day they are not. How do you feed the family pet when you are starving? This is an inventive, disturbing, insightful novel. less

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