Publication

1993 - Lusitania Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

42,250 words, Guess

Page Count

169 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC700.904
  • LCCDR1313.3 .F67 1993

Alternate Titles

  • Za Sarajevo

Description

"A tribute to Bosnia, For/Za Sarajevo includes first-person accounts of Sarajevo under siege; reports from ethnically-cleansed villages; the first American appearance of War Journal, by award-winning journalist Zlatko Dizdarević; an interview with filmmaker Ademir Kenović; art from exhibitions in Sarajevo; and selections from classic Bosnian texts: Mula Bašeskija's 18th-century Chronicle, about daily life in Sarajevo; The Dervish and Death, by Mesa Selimović; and short fiction by Isak Samokovlija. Other contributors - Etel Adnan, Adonis, Jimmy Durham, Juan Goytisolo, Juan Felipe Herrera, Naomi Shihab Nye, Saskia Sassen, Alexis de Veaux - examine immigration and exile, identity and memory." -- back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Lusitania -- no. 5 (1993)
  • Lusitania (New York, N.Y.) -- issue no. 5.

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