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Sarajevo
A Biography

Robert J. Donia

Winner of the Association of Publishers and Booksellers of Bosnia-Herzegovina "Best Publishers' Achievement" of the year

Sheds new light on Sarajevo as a cosmopolitan gem deserving of a central role in the world's cultural, social, and political history

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About the Book

"What follows is, in several respects, an intimate history. That approach befits a city that is a compact, crowded, and intimate place." Robert Donia thus quietly sets the stage for his masterful biography of the city of Sarajevo.

Sarajevo: A Biography is a work of erudition and compassion, nimbly capturing the spirit of one of the world's great cities as it survives one epoch, one political regime, one religious dynasty after another. Through the stories of individual Sarajevans—leaders and common folk alike—Donia illustrates his beloved city's significance as a site of great civilizational exchange, of political intrigue, cultural efflorescence, human tragedy and eternal hope.

Robert Donia is a Research Associate at the University of Michigan's Center for Russian and East European Studies, a Visiting Scholar in history at the University of California at San Diego, and holds a courtesy appointment as Associate Professor of History at the University of Sarajevo. He is the author of Islam under the Double Eagle: The Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1878-1914, and co-author with John V.A. Fine of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Tradition Betrayed. He has served as an expert witness in seven war crimes trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague.