Race with Death: 22 True Stories from the Bosnian War

Vahida Demirovic
Paperback, 112 pages
9781842000052

Race with Death is a devastatingly moving account about the Bosnian War. Written by a retired doctor who volunteered her services at a hospital in Sarajevo during the height of the conflict, it relates the experience of the patients she treated. These are 22 individual accounts of ordinary men, women and children describing stories of heroism, self sacrifice, pain and suffering in the face of indescribable aggression. They bear witness to the human spirit and the will to survive. This is a truly inspirational book.