Radio Sarajevo by Tijan Sila: Novel About the War in Bosnia Seen by a Child

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When the first bombs fell, I was lying on my belly down on the carpet in my room listening to the radio "Suffragette City" by David Bowie: suddenly a metal squeak broke the air and an explosion fell on our tents, sweeping them off their track. The pressure was so violent that I felt faint, as if I had hung upside down at the bar too long. All the street alarm systems went into panic, but I didn't. Not yet. Soon I would be in constant panic and I…