Evidence

“The eminent journalist Janine di Giovanni has profoundly experienced the tragedy of the former Yugoslavia. She spares us none of the horrors of those years, but makes us care deeply for one single story, of a Bosnian woman, a survivor of colossal male brutality, and her search for her lost child and for some sort of peace. This is a necessary and unforgettable book.” —Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize–winning author of Midnight’s Children

“This is a novel about the crime of war and the curse of love in a broken time. But it’s also a novel about healing and repair in the places, and the times, that don’t, and can’t, exist anymore. It’s a marvelous soliloquy written against a century where we have seen the best and the worst of human nature. Janine di Giovanni is a visionary witness to our times.” —Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning author of Let the Great World Spin

Praise for The Morning They Came for Us:

“Like the work of the Belarussian Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich, Ms. di Giovanni’s book gives voice to ordinary people living through a dark time in history.” —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

“It is crucial to reveal the human stories behind the news…di Giovanni does this with heartbreaking eloquence.” —Elif Shafak, Financial Times

“Necessary, difficult, and elating…clear-eyed and engaged in the best sense.” —Robin Yassin-Kassab, The Guardian