Children of Atlantis - Voices from the Former Yugoslavia (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	September 1995
Editors:	Zdenko Lesic
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	183
ISBN-13:	978-1-85866-041-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > General Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 Promotions
LSN:	1-85866-041-6
Barcode:	9781858660417

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