Black Butterflies
SHORT-LISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION. 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. "A reflective novel about dark times that tells us life goes on, love stories develop, humanity remains in the most inhumane of times." --Irish Independent 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.
Author: Priscilla Morris
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 08/20/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.67w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780593801857
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 22
BookPage 09/01/2024
About the Author
Priscilla Morris is a British author of Bosnian and Cornish parentage. She grew up in London, spending summers in Sarajevo, and studied at Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia. She teaches creative writing and divides her time between Ireland and Spain. Inspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-96), Black Butterflies is her debut novel. It was short-listed for the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Wilbur Smith Prize, the Nota Bene Prize and the Women's Prize 2023.
Author: Priscilla Morris
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 08/20/2024
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.67w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780593801857
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2024 pg. 1
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 22
BookPage 09/01/2024
About the Author
Priscilla Morris is a British author of Bosnian and Cornish parentage. She grew up in London, spending summers in Sarajevo, and studied at Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia. She teaches creative writing and divides her time between Ireland and Spain. Inspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-96), Black Butterflies is her debut novel. It was short-listed for the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Wilbur Smith Prize, the Nota Bene Prize and the Women's Prize 2023.
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