Children of Atlantis / / ed. by Zdenko Lešić.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Hawkesworth, Celia,; Lesic, Zdenko,
• HerausgeberIn: Lešić, Zdenko,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (185 p.)

The many young people who have fled the former Yugoslavia in the face of war, nationalism and the draft here describe the circumstances which drove them to leave their homes and the way they see their future. Children of Atlantis offers a snapshot of virtually a whole generation of young people on the threshold of their working lives, uprooted from the world in which they grew up, confronting the task of making something of their lives in the face of the catastrophe that has overwhelmed them, their families, their friends and their homeland. 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Stories of War and Exile -- Chapter 1: Recollections -- Chapter 2: Out of Sarajevo -- Chapter 3: Experiences -- Chapter 4: Refugee Blues -- Part II. Stories of Disillusionment, Despair and Hope -- Chapter 5: Reflections -- Chapter 6: Feelings Of Deprivation -- Chapter 7: In Search of ldentity -- Chapter 8: Hopes and Wishes -- Post Scriptum: Letter to a Sarajevo Generation