“When the first bombs fell, I was lying on my belly on the bedroom rug and listening to the radio.” Tijan Sila talks to Micky Beisenherz about Radio Sarajevo
“Through writing, I have learned to organize my war experiences for myself. Until now, they were like scattered pieces of a puzzle, and it wasn’t clear to me what the big picture would ultimately look like,” said Tijan Sila, speaking about his impressive memoir Radio Sarajevo. When the war began in April 1992, the author was only 10 years old. As Sarajevo becomes engulfed in flames, the boy and his friends grow into young men. He wanders through the ruins of the bombed-out city, collecting the things left by those who fled or died, to exchange them for food on the black market. His most important possession is a transistor radio. Music helps him to learn to survive and accept the new normality – until his parents decide to flee. With his friend Micky Beisenherz, he will talk about humor in times of atrocity, writing one’s own story and how war shapes one’s life.
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Saturday
21. October 2023
21:00 -
Pre Pre sale price (fees excluded) 22 € | 18 € erm.
Eve Evening fund price 28 € | 24 € erm.
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Halle 12
UNESCO-Welterbe ZollvereinGelsenkirchener Straße 181
Parkplatz A1 und A2, Essen -
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