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On the eve of the first Chechen war in the 1990s, Mikail Eldin was
a young and naive arts journalist. By the end of the second war, he
had become a battle-hardened war reporter and mountain partisan who
had endured torture and imprisonment in a concentration camp. His
compelling memoir traces the unfolding of the conflict from day
one, with vivid scenes right from the heart of the war. The Sky
Wept Fire presents a unique glimpse into the lives of the Chechen
resistance, providing testimony of great historical value. Yet it
is not merely the story of the battle for Chechnya: this is the
story of the battle within the heart, the struggle to conquer fear,
hold on to faith and preserve one's humanity. Eldin was fated to
witness key events in Chechnya's history: from the first day of the
attack on Grozny, and the full-scale Russian invasion that followed
it, to the siege of Grozny five years later that razed the city to
the ground and has been compared to the destruction of Dresden.
Resurrecting these memories with extraordinary lyricism, Eldin
observes the sights, the sounds and smells of war. Having fled
Grozny alongside the droves of refugees, he joins the defending
army - yet he always considers his role as that of journalist and
witness. Shortly after joining the Chechen resistance, Eldin is
captured in the mountains. He undergoes barbaric torture as his
captors attempt to break his will. They fail to make him talk, and
he is eventually transferred to a concentration camp. There a new
struggle awaits him: the battle to overcome his own suicidal
thoughts and ensuing insanity.
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