Cry Bosnia - Softcover

Harris, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566562120 ISBN 13: 9781566562126

Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc, 1996

Synopsis

CRY BOSNIA HAS BEEN A BESTSELLER WITH NATO & UN PEACEKEEPERS SERVING IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SINCE THE WAR ENDED IN 1995. PAUL HARRIS'S DOWN TO EARTH TEXT AND HARROWING, LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS PORTRAY THE WAR MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN ALL THE HISTORY & JOURNALISTS' BOOKS THAT HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY APPEARED.

THIS BOOK HAS BECOME A MINOR CLASSIC AND OVER 15,000 COPIES HAVE BEEN SOLD IN BOSNIA ALONE.

SUPERB DESIGN BRINGS TO LIFE HARRIS'S DRAMATIC PICTURES FROM SLOVENIA, CROATIA, BOSNIA, SERBIA, KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA. HE TOOK THESE PICTURES AT VARIOUS STAGES DURING THE YUGOSLAV WAR WHICH STARTED IN 1992 AND ENDED IN 1995.

THIS IS ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL THOSE WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA - AND FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO ENHANCE THEIR UNDERSTANDING BY HAVING A SUPERB COLLECTION OF WAR PHOTOGRAPHS.

ALL PROFITS FROM THE SALE OF CRY BOSNIA WILL GO TO CONNECT HUMANITARIAN AGENCY'S PROJECTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, SCHOOLS AND KOSOVO REFUGEES IN BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA.

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Review:

OUTSTANDING...CRY BOSNIA RANKS WITH THE BEST WORK OF THE AMERICAN MAGNUM AGENCY, MADE UP OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST PHOTO-JOURNALISTS" (CATHOLIC HERALD, UK)

WHILE MANY BOOKS HAVE BEEN WRITTEN ON THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL NATURE OF THE CONFLICT, AT LAST IN CRY BOSNIA BY PAUL HARRIS, WE ARE SHOWN THE HUMAN FACE OF WAR: THE GLAZED GLINT OF TRIUMPH IN THE EYES OF CROATIAN SOLDIERS FRESH FROM KILLING A SERB, REFUGEES FLEEING THEIR HOMES, WIVES TRYING TO FIND MISSING HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN MADE HOMELESS. ALL THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TELL THEIR OWN PARTICULAR STORIES AND TRUTHS IN A PARTICULAR MOVING WAY...

ALONGSIDE THESE IMAGES ARE ACCOUNTS OF HARRIS'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, GATHERED FROM OVER 50 TRIPS. THESE MOVE FROM THE HEART-RENDERING STORY OF NAMKA, WHO ALONG WITH HER FOUR CHILDREN WAS MADE TO WATCH WHILE CHETNIKS SLIT THE THROAT OF HER HUSBAND AND OTHER MALE MEMBERS OF HERE FAMILY, TO HARRIS'S SOMEWHAT BIZZARE MEETING WITH THE NOTORIOUS MEETING WITH THE WAR CRIMINAL KNOWN AS ARKAN. IN BETWEEN ARE SNAPSHOTS OF A SURREAL NORMALITY AMID THE SURROUNDING DESTRUCTION. PEOPLE BROWSE IN A BOOKSHOP JUST YARDS AWAY FROM THE 1992 BREAD QUEUE MASSACRE IN SARAJEVO, WHILE THE WOMEN OF THE CITY DRESS UP IN FUR COATS TO DO THEIR SHOPPING.

CRY BOSNIA IS AN ACCESSIBLE AND INFORMATIVE BOOK WHICH LAYS TO REST MANY MYTHS ABOUT THE BALKANS AND IS A POWERFUL TESTIMONY TO THE DOGGED SURVIVAL OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT THROUGH THE HORRORS OF MEDIEVAL SEIGE, ETHNIC CLEANSING AND GENOCIDE. -- SUSAN NICKALLS, SCOTSMAN. 4.11.96

From the Back Cover:

CRY BOSNIA IS A REMARKABLE BOOK BY A REMARKABLE MAN. IN MORE THAN 50 ASSIGNMENTS AS A WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE WAR TORM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, PAUL HARRIS HAS DISREGARDED HIS OWN SAFETY AND, IN HIS BATTERED SKODA CAR, HAS TRAVELLED TO PLACES MANY WAR CORRESPONDENTS HAVE NEVER VISITED, FOR MORE THAN FOUR YEARS, STARTING WITH THE YUGOSLAV AIR FORCE ATTACK ON SLOVENIA'S LJUBLJANA AIRPORT, HE HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF EVENTS. HE HAS WITNESSED ETHNIC CLEANSING AND THE AFTERMATH OF MASSACRE AND RAPE AND YET HIS HUMANITY AND SANITY REMAIN INTACT.

CRY BOSNIA IS A BOOK ABOUT PEOPLE, THEIR RESILIENCE AND THEIR CAPACITY TO SURVIVE IN THE MOST ADVERSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES. SO MANY STORIES, POIGNANT BEYOND ANY NORMAL MEASURE, ARE TOLD BOTH IN WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, BUILDING UP A PICTURE WHICH FEW OF US HAVE TRULY GRASPED, OF THIS APPALLING AND WASTEFUL WAR.

About this edition

• Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1566562120
• ISBN 13: 9781566562126
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144