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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