02252cam a2200385 i 4500 1728638930 TxAuBib 20241119120000.0 231027s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023031604 9780593801857 hardcover 0593801857 hardcover 9780593688038 trade paperback 0593688031 trade paperback TxAuBib rda Morris, Priscilla, author. Black butterflies / Priscilla Morris. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. 288 pages : map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier cri rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "A timeless story of strife and hope set during the conflict in the Balkans in the early '90s-a searing debut novel about a woman who faces the war on her doorstep with courage, fierceness, and an unshakable belief in the power of art. Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect makeshift barricades, splitting the city into ethnic enclaves. Each morning, the people who live there-whether Muslim, Croat, or Serb-push the barriers aside. When violence erupts and becomes, finally, unavoidable, Zora, an artist and teacher, sends her husband and elderly mother to safety in England. She stays behind, reluctant to believe that hostilities will last more than a few weeks. As the city falls under siege, everything she loves about her home is laid to waste, black ashes floating over the rooftops. Yet Zora and her friends find ways to rebuild themselves, over and over. Told with breathtaking immediacy, this is a story of disintegration, resilience, and hope-a stirring debut from a commanding new voice"-- Provided by publisher. 20241119. Women Fiction. Revolutions Fiction. Families Fiction. Refugees Fiction. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) History Siege, 1992-1996 Fiction. Historical fiction. lcgft TXKIP