{"product_id":"black-butterflies-9780715654644","title":"Black Butterflies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo, only thirty years ago, \u003cem\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartrending and utterly captivating portrait of disintegration, resilience and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Feels totally authentic… Along with human kindness, there is a quiet emphasis on the power of art: Zora’s paintings, like the existence of this book, are testimony to the way that wars come and go but art goes on forever’ \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003eA lyrical, devastating and timely love letter to war-torn Sarajevo... There are moments of shocking brutality set against others of unexpected beauty and resilience. Exquisitely crafted, it pulses with tension: we couldn’t stop turning the pages' \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Joyce, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An intensely evocative and deeply moving debut – I held my breath as I read’ \u003cstrong\u003eRuth Gilligan, RSL Ondaatje Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Butchers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Beautifully written and hauntingly evocative, \u003cem\u003eBlack Butterflies \u003c\/em\u003edistils into a single consciousness a nation’s violent trauma and an artist’s sense of hope. Priscilla Morris has crafted a rich and highly accomplished debut’ \u003cstrong\u003eSam Byers, author of \u003cem\u003ePerfidious Albion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘In this compelling and convincing debut novel, Morris brilliantly evokes a world slipping, day by day, under the surface of the opaque waters of war. Dark and yet starkly beautiful, \u003cem\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e is a narrative of how violence scars the soul of a city and its inhabitants. It is at once a testament to the victims and survivors of the Siege of Sarajevo, to the power of art and to Morris's skills as a storyteller, all the more keenly felt for the subtlety with which they are deployed’ \u003cstrong\u003eAminatta Forna, author of \u003cem\u003eHappiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e is incredible, a must-read. There are few novels that stay with you after the final page is read, but this is one. Brutal yet also uplifting, immersive and real, it shows what the human spirit is capable of' \u003cstrong\u003eKaren Angelico, author of \u003cem\u003eEverything We Are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘An astonishingly good debut, chronicling one of the darkest times in global history. It reads so authentically that I might assume it was a book in translation, albeit by an excellent translator. Like food and fuel in the Siege of Sarajevo, no word is wasted. Zora’s story broke my heart, and I hope it will open the hearts of all those who read it to refugees, at a time when history is destined to repeat itself’ \u003cstrong\u003eLiz Nugent, author of \u003cem\u003eOur Little Cruelties\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eBlack Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e is an elegy to the vibrant and inclusive society... This novel comes at an apt time, not just because it marks the thirtieth anniversary of the beginning of the Siege of Sarajevo, but because it testifies to the ease and speed with which things can fall apart’ \u003cstrong\u003eKevin Sullivan, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Longest Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duckworth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404106146135,"sku":"9780715654644","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-butterflies-9780715654644","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}