A City of Extremes: Exploring the Hidden Lives of Logavina Street by Barbara Demick
![Jese Leos](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/gordon-cox.jpg)
In the heart of Sarajevo, a city scarred by war and divided by ethnic tensions, lies Logavina Street. This narrow, unassuming street became a microcosm of post-war Sarajevo, a place where the hidden stories of resilience, loss, and reconciliation unfolded. 4.4 out of 5 Barbara Demick's gripping account, "Logavina Street," takes us on a journey through this iconic street, introducing us to its inhabitants and exploring the complex tapestry of their lives. Through interviews and meticulous research, Demick unravels the hidden narratives that shaped the destiny of Sarajevo. Logavina Street bore witness to the horrors of war and genocide. In 1992, Bosnian Serb forces besieged Sarajevo, trapping its inhabitants for nearly four years. The street became a dangerous no-man's land, where snipers lurked and shelling was a constant threat. Demick recounts the harrowing experiences of Logavina Street residents, who lived in constant fear and witnessed unimaginable atrocities. The Srebrenica massacre, in which over 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed, left an indelible mark on the street and its people. Despite the horrors they endured, the residents of Logavina Street displayed remarkable resilience and determination to survive. They formed a close-knit community, sharing food and resources, and providing each other with emotional support. Demick highlights the stories of individuals like Senaida Vokic, a Bosnian Muslim woman who lost her husband and three children in the Srebrenica massacre but found the strength to rebuild her life and work tirelessly for reconciliation. The Dayton Agreement in 1995 brought an end to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the challenges of post-war recovery were immense. Logavina Street faced the task of rebuilding both its physical infrastructure and the trust between its residents. Demick explores the complexities of reconciliation and the challenges of rebuilding a society torn apart by war. She highlights the efforts of community leaders, NGOs, and international organizations to promote healing and encourage dialogue between different ethnic groups. Today, Logavina Street serves as a powerful symbol of hope and healing. The street has been rebuilt, and its inhabitants have found ways to coexist peacefully. Demick notes that while the scars of war remain, the street is also a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. "Logavina Street" is a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant work that offers a nuanced understanding of the complexities of post-war societies. It is a story of resilience, loss, and reconciliation that sheds light on the human capacity for both great cruelty and compassion. Barbara Demick's "Logavina Street" is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the Bosnian War, post-war recovery, and the power of reconciliation. Through its vivid storytelling and meticulous research, the book provides a captivating glimpse into the lives of ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances. Logavina Street is a reminder of the devastating impact of war, but it is also a symbol of the indomitable human spirit. It is a story that inspires hope and reminds us of the importance of dialogue, compassion, and the pursuit of peace.Language : English File size : 3431 KB Text-to-Speech : Enabled Screen Reader : Supported Enhanced typesetting : Enabled Word Wise : Enabled Print length : 282 pages The Legacy of War and Genocide
Resilience and Survival
Post-War Challenges and Reconciliation
A Symbol of Hope and Healing
4.4 out of 5
Language | : | English |
File size | : | 3431 KB |
Text-to-Speech | : | Enabled |
Screen Reader | : | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | : | Enabled |
Word Wise | : | Enabled |
Print length | : | 282 pages |
Do you want to contribute by writing guest posts on this blog?
Please contact us and send us a resume of previous articles that you have written.
Best Book
Page Flip
Bookshelf
Literary loom
Chapter
Bookish
PageTurner
Bibliophile
Story
Inkwell
Bookworm
Labyrinth
Plot Twist
Prose
Paperback
Storyteller
Sanctuary
Fiction
Reading
Chronicle
Read
Blake Farha
Lorraine De Meaux
Bella Martin
Mark Tufo
Maggie Ramsay
Barney Nelson
Wendy Tait
Ros Per
Bolu Babalola
Terry Compton
Larissa Pham
Phillip Maisel
Mateo Askaripour
Lena Corwin
Nancy Kress
Elissa Washuta
Bethany C Morrow
George Lopez
Jonathan C Slaght
Nelson Demille
Bob Normand
David Elliot Cohen
Behrouz Boochani
Ebony Diamonds
Bob Elliott
Joanne Hutchinson
Brad Bussie
Michael Haag
Kevin Hart
Matthew Luzi
Billie Rae Bates
Stephanie Claytor
Kyle Froman
Shanora Williams
Robert Henderson
Patricia Sands
Sheila Montilla
Richard Sorger
Kerry Bogert
Hillary Jordan
Donald N Thompson
Elaine A Clark
Zongyan Hu
Michael Anderle
John E Siers
Ea Hooper
C J Boyle
Kayla Arora
John Muir
Bernth Lindfors
J C Sum
Sarah Birnbach
Emily Spivack
Rainer Maria Rilke
Eric Henze
Gillian Gloyer
Elisabeth Stevens
Dave Hickey
Claude Lanzmann
Merl Code
Yahrah St John
Mackenzie Phillips
Norman Lee
James Joyce
Theda Perdue
Ilan Stavans
Dalili
Daniel Rachel
Tove Ditlevsen
John Scarne
Benjamin John Coleman
Colin Falconer
Kathy Mckeon
Basilius Besler
Beryl Markham
Thomas P Stafford
Mary Peters
Josephine B Pasquarello
Barack Obama
James Grady
Stewart M Green
Ibl Press
Robin Cormack
William A Kappele
Barbara Demick
Jessie Knadler
Tom Sito
Bill Lee
Hildegarde Mahoney
Marina Warner
Florencia E Mallon
Momoyo Nishimura
Barbara Delinsky
Greg Mitchell
Betty Dooley Awbrey
Shoko Tendo
Betsy Beier
Barry Moser
Faye Kellerman
Tim Stokes
Ella Frances Sanders
Lynne Olson
Lowell Angell
Collins Dictionaries
Spencer Shaw
Benjamin Hochman
Michael J Hayde
Harvey Arden
Blaise Corvin
Bil Donovan
Harmon Cooper
Ben Strand
Lori Wilde
Monica Walters
J P Telotte
Mariana Atencio
Tessa Miller
Robert Roskind
Bassey Ikpi
Philip B Meggs
Tom Wiener
Bill H Myers
Helen Hoang
Barrington Barber
Sejal Shah
J Dominique
Rita Benn
Robert Lanz
John Seed
Ben J Harris
Alan O Brien
Darrel Rees
Barbara Bradley
James Haddock
James Ulyatt
David Fisher
Gerri Leen
Samuel Peralta
Peter Ustinov
Benjamin Lewin
Jay Armstrong
David V Jervis
Tom Wilson
Dean A Kowalski
James Goddard
Robert Crais
Kenya Hunt
Paraluman S Aspillera
Hope Hart
Sergio Toppi
Baoshu
Jonathan Strahan
Beverly Jenkins
S L Rowland
Nolan Clark
Brandon Varnell
Linda Lael Miller
Noel Riley Fitch
Kolbie Blume
Rohan M Vider
Maxime J Durand
Eva Tulene Watt
Veda Austin
Nathalie Kalbach
Richard L Leza Sr
Brian Burke
Joseph Lanza
Talia Hibbert
Dan Moren
Grace Berry
Tya Marie
Jordan Marie
Brent Eviston
Michael Shaara
Marie Killilea
Jenna Fischer
Gabrielle Hamilton
Bobby Brown
Stephen Mills
Boris Mihailovic
Carol Huber Cypher
Jennie Smallenbroek
Becky Chambers
William Alexander
Tim W Jackson
Loring M Danforth
Jpinsiders
Patrick Symmes
Bill Winner
Eric Rauchway
Ian Nathan
Philip Guston
Bob Leszczak
Chevonne Clarke Bryan
Steve Berry
Wilkie Collins
Sarah Hepola
Bernice Lerner
Katja Petrowskaja
Zachary Leader
Theo Farrington
Maggie Craft
Barbara Miller
Michael Chatfield
Bill Bensley
Lynne Anne Blom
Sandra Duran Wilson
Nikki Turner
Sara Boccaccini Meadows
Bella Young
Orestes Lorenzo
Barry Sonnenfeld
John Mulholland
Saxon Andrew
Becky Gilhespie
Stuart D Paine
Ben Shahn
Charles A Perrone
Jacinda Townsend
Benjamin E Wise
Lucee Joie
Olive Yong
Matthew Morgante
Umm Zakiyyah
John Ruskin
Jonathan Waterman
Barbara Raue
Deirdre Slattery
Esmeralda Santiago
Steve Ryfle
Charlotte Fiell
Cornelius C Kubler
Betsy Dillard Stroud
Fiona Peart
Barry Kirwan
Birgit O Connor
William Black
Barbara Chase Riboud
Milind Mulick
Benj Pasek
Bac Hoai Tran
Paula Kamen
John G Breslin
Joan Williams
Erica Davies
Wayne Larsen
Edward Gibbon
Chris Roel
William Ellis
Gavin Maxwell
Ben Eastham
Louis Wain
D A Miller
Stephen Boss
Dennis E Taylor
Rebecca Sugar
Bart King
Staci Swider
Barbara Casey
Tim Rangnow
Robert E Hampson
Charlise Lyles
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Terry Pratchett
Justin Woolley
Bandana Ojha
Deborah Forman
Paul Kendall
Joan Reardon
Sophia Rolle
Ottessa Moshfegh
Lucy Adlington
Lauren Meisner
Jane Pek
Poppy Evans
Lucinda Fleeson
Bev Sellars
F Scott Fitzgerald
Bill Arnott
Noret Flood
Briana Wiles
Jon Contino
Shane Mitchell
Billie Holiday
Laurie Gough
Shirtaloon
Tony Burton
Terry Lee Stone
Glynn Stewart
Ben Coes
Beatrice Sonders
Individual Way
Stanislaw Lem
Hakeem M Oluseyi
Tony Horwitz
Peter Inglis
Brad Lee
Baby Professor
Bernice L Mcfadden
Keith Doyle
Helmut Kopka
Toni Ann Johnson
Barbara Hambly
Khadijah J
William Lidwell
Dori Jones Yang
Blair Howard
Ben Corbett
Benjamin Drake
Greg O Brien
Robert Muirhead
Micah Ian Wright
Leanne Kitchen
Edward White
Steven Campbell
Diane Duane
Jack Finney
John Howard Griffin
James S A Corey
Partha Mitter
Clifford D Simak
Shing Schih
Tracey Lange
Mario Rizzi
Barbara Lewis
Ruth Superhal
Beverly J Armento
Roman Mars
Chad Zunker
Ruby Dixon
Thomas S Hischak
Ravyn Wilde
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Barbie Scott
Margaret Kessler
D L Harrison
Brad Taylor
Ulysses S Grant
Ben D Over
Carol Sulcoski
Bebe Harper
Jason Sperb
Betty Halbreich
Simon Turney
Chris Nashawaty
Ian Chilvers
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Paul S Leland
Lexi Sundell
C Pierce Salguero
Charles Sturt
Marie Beardmore
Bob Dennard
Matt Smith
Joseph Heywood
Bianca Del Rio
Becky Stephen
Bob Drury
Ken Browar
Ellen Tomaszewski
Michael Wise
Suzette Riddick
Diane Gensler
Valerie L Winslow
Barry Lord
Wassily Kandinsky
Eddie Chambers
Stuart Williams
Bill Bryson
Elena Gorokhova
Ernst Rettelbusch
Joseph M Henninger
Mary Brave Bird
Lesley Downer
Tiana Bighorse
Laura Ling
Eliot Greenspan
David E Lowe
Bj Wane
Dan Dietz
Tammy Ruggles
Bill Plympton
Dean Koontz
Bengie Molina
George Schindler
Ben Hannam
Malala Yousafzai
David Byrne
Jan V White
Bette Howland
Laney Salisbury
Kristen Dutkiewicz
Saul Tanpepper
Lonely Planet
Jonathan Lopez
Beebe Bahrami
Steve Huston
Seymour Morris Jr
Marty Noble
Melissa Rivers
Ceidrik Heward
Ian J Malone
Gary Wasserman
Keith Houston
Wesley Jones
Fania E Davis
Sarah Mirk
Wayne Moniz
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
Tyler Perry
Barbara A Parish
Laura Furman
Philip Ball
Ian Mcdonald
Blakely Little
Jodi Staniunas Hopper
Debbie Rose Myers
Bob Martin
Yiyun Li
Barry Herniman
Barbara Totaro
Kao Kalia Yang
Bayard Taylor
Ruth Silvestre
Yvonne Blackwood
Hayao Miyazaki
Jennifer Wilson
Phoebe Robinson
Linda Nochlin
Ben Street
Terese Marie Mailhot
Bob Herbert
Jamie Carter
Marvin Patchen
B V Larson
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Rexford Govorchin
Jane L Rosen
Matthew J Milliner
Robert Morkot
Betsy Prioleau
Stephen C Baldwin
Tershia Lambrechts
Doug Risner
Basil Johnston
Helen Thorpe
George H Gisser
Rosemary Kimani
Gabrielle Euvino
Tiana Laveen
Nick Petrie
Jules Verne
Ben Box
Nefertiti Austin
Jenny Mckay
Tim Powers
Mike Curato
Charlie Jane Anders
Dana Fox
Bonny Snowdon
Bonny Pierce Lhotka
Bonnie Barker
Mitche Graf
Bob Dow
Elisabeth Elliot
Maura Spiegel
Betsy Whyte
Bella Blair
Jamie Davis
Leo Buijs
Bet Borgeson
Tori Rodriguez
Vanessa Zoltan
David Airey
Michael Doyle
Jeremy Dronfield
Barbara Davis
Leon Smith
Matthew Brehm
Dave Hill
Beth Tondreau
Michael Mammay
Lisa Congdon
Mark Crilley
Pam Flowers
Conn Iggulden
Maurice Samuels
Christopher Butler
John H Vanderpoel
Bruce Hanington
Denis Dutton
Yoshitaka Amano
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Bill Cotter
Bich Minh Nguyen
Katie Dowe
Joseph Doddridge
Stephen Haff
Tim Rayborn
Interweave Editors
Koloman Moser
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sophie Cunningham
Eric Gibson
Ashley Jaquavis
Bley Hack
Jessica Marting
Beau Riffenburgh
Iris Murdoch
Susan Herrmann Loomis
Michael Winter
Zora O Neill
Mary Lou Andre
Diane Tuckman
Deanne Stillman
Laurent Bolard
Jennifer Sewing
Russell Foureagles
Hal Erickson
Silvia Marina Arrom
Light bulbAdvertise smarter! Our strategic ad space ensures maximum exposure. Reserve your spot today!
![Black Buck Mateo Askaripour](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/black-buck-an-electrifying-tale-of-ambition-hustle-and-identity-by-mateo-askaripour.jpeg)
![Jules Verne profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/jules-verne.jpg)
![Lincoln S Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him To The Presidency](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/the-murder-case-that-propelled-him-to-the-presidency-the-rise-of-clarence-seward.jpeg)
![Neil Parker profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/neil-parker.jpg)
- Timothy WardFollow ·10.5k
- Leslie CarterFollow ·2.7k
- Edgar HayesFollow ·11.2k
- Jason HayesFollow ·6.1k
- Ken FollettFollow ·11k
- Miguel de CervantesFollow ·11.4k
- Logan CoxFollow ·5.7k
- Kurt VonnegutFollow ·9.9k
![The Ones Who Remember: Second Generation Voices Of The Holocaust](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/the-second-generation-voices-of-the-holocaust.jpeg)
![Bryan Gray profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/bryan-gray.jpg)
The Second Generation: Voices of the Holocaust
The Holocaust was one of the most horrific...
![Into The Blizzard: Walking The Fields Of The Newfoundland Dead](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/walking-the-fields-of-the-newfoundland-dead.jpeg)
![Douglas Foster profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/douglas-foster.jpg)
Walking the Fields of the Newfoundland Dead
In the heart of the rolling countryside of...
![A Team Of Four: An Unsanctioned Asset Thriller 4 (The Unsanctioned Asset Series)](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/the-unsanctioned-asset-a-gripping-thriller-set-in-a-world-of-espionage-and-deception.jpeg)
![Henry James profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/henry-james.jpg)
The Unsanctioned Asset: A Gripping Thriller Set in a...
In the realm of espionage thrillers, The...
![Painting En Plein Air: Teaching Techniques Tactics Tips (Painting With Ev Hales 1)](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/painting-en-plein-air-capturing-the-essence-of-nature-on-canvas.jpeg)
![Devon Mitchell profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/devon-mitchell.jpg)
Painting En Plein Air: Capturing the Essence of Nature on...
Painting en plein air, or painting...
![From Bear Rock Mountain: The Life And Times Of A Dene Residential School Survivor](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/the-life-and-times-of-dene-residential-school-survivor.jpeg)
![Damon Hayes profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/damon-hayes.jpg)
The Life and Times of Dene Residential School Survivor
Residential schools...
![The Triumph Of Modernism: India S Artists And The Avant Garde 1922 47: India S Artists And The Avant Garde 1922 1947](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/small-image/india-artists-and-the-avant-garde-1922-1947.jpeg)
![Steve Carter profile picture](https://paperback.bookgemstone.com/author/steve-carter.jpg)
India Artists and the Avant Garde: 1922-1947
The term "avant-garde" is...
4.4 out of 5
Language | : | English |
File size | : | 3431 KB |
Text-to-Speech | : | Enabled |
Screen Reader | : | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | : | Enabled |
Word Wise | : | Enabled |
Print length | : | 282 pages |