{"product_id":"the-suitcase-julie-a-mertus-9780520206342","title":"The Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia","description":"The whirlwind of Europe's longest war in half a century has produced this powerful collection of personal narratives-essays, letters, and poems-from 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 belongings-a handful of photographs, a rock from the garden, a change of clothes-into a suitcase and fleeing their homeland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors from all ethnic groups and every region of Bosnia and Croatia describe their sense of lost community, memories of those left behind, recollections of town squares that no longer exist, and homes now occupied by neighbors. The editors of \u003ci\u003eThe Suitcase\u003c\/i\u003e, themselves representing the diverse peoples of the region, traveled to camps and temporary homes across the globe to collect these stories. An antidote to apathy, this work moves beyond and outside the vicissitudes of daily politics to portray the human tragedy at the center of present-day Bosnia and Croatia. Probing the intimate losses of countless individuals, it delivers a powerful indictment of injustice, militarism, prejudice, and warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie A. Mertus, Jasmina Tesanovic, Habiba Metikos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520206347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520206342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.02w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1996 pg. 1515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/1996 pg. 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1997 pg. 814\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/1997 pg. 155","brand":"Julie A. Mertus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056204706047,"sku":"9780520206342","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86a01a8b-8213-4721-a95e-3b42ce9afb71.jpg?v=1685040073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-suitcase-julie-a-mertus-9780520206342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}