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/ SYNOPSIS
The Girl in the Film is a passionate novel of love, war and betrayal. Set during the early nineties during the siege of Sarajevo and in the anti-climax of peace. This is the story of two young people: Amir Begovic, a young Sarajevan trapped in his home town, and Molly Taylor, an idealistic and ambitious journalist covering the war.
The war changes Molly and Amir forever. An extraordinarily intimate portrayal of life under siege, The Girl in the Film not only shows the compromises people have to make to live through war, but also what happens when they are left to survive the peace, once the world’s attention has moved on. The story of Sarajevo, and of Amir, is told through the eyes of Molly, as she slowly uncovers the bitter truth of the man, and the city, she thought she knew and loved.
The war changes Molly and Amir forever. An extraordinarily intimate portrayal of life under siege, The Girl in the Film not only shows the compromises people have to make to live through war, but also what happens when they are left to survive the peace, once the world’s attention has moved on. The story of Sarajevo, and of Amir, is told through the eyes of Molly, as she slowly uncovers the bitter truth of the man, and the city, she thought she knew and loved.
/ CHARITY
Part of the proceeds of this book will go both to Education Builds Bosnia is a charity that was founded by General Jovan Divjak to help those children in Bosnia who had lost one one or both of their parents during the war.
The Frontline Club's Fixers' Fund, which helps interpreters and local journalists in conflict zones
The Frontline Club's Fixers' Fund, which helps interpreters and local journalists in conflict zones
/ PRESS REVIEWS
“This is a great novel about an awful time and its aftermath. The emotions Charlotte Eagar describes, felt by her foreigners and Bosnians, are something that only someone who has known these feelings could show with such uncanny, searing accuracy. That is what gives The Girl in the Film its power and will set it apart.” Tim Judah, author of Kosovo War and Revenge.
“The Girl in the Film captures the feel, the texture, the chaos of the war, the back-of-the-throat burn of it and its irresistible pull. Nothing evokes what it is to be young, hopeful, idealistic and at war as effectively as this." Allan Little, BBC, author of The Death of Yugoslavia.
• My five-year battle to exorcise the ghosts of Sarajevo - Evening Standard
• “The Girl in the Film” - Balkan Insight
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Catalogue Details
July 2008
Hardback £16.99
ISBN: 9780955572920
Foreign rights: World
pp. 433
July 2008
Large paperback £11.99
ISBN: 9780955830273
Foreign rights: World
pp. 433
“The Girl in the Film captures the feel, the texture, the chaos of the war, the back-of-the-throat burn of it and its irresistible pull. Nothing evokes what it is to be young, hopeful, idealistic and at war as effectively as this." Allan Little, BBC, author of The Death of Yugoslavia.
• My five-year battle to exorcise the ghosts of Sarajevo - Evening Standard
• “The Girl in the Film” - Balkan Insight
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Catalogue Details
July 2008
Hardback £16.99
ISBN: 9780955572920
Foreign rights: World
pp. 433
July 2008
Large paperback £11.99
ISBN: 9780955830273
Foreign rights: World
pp. 433
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