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What Is The Cellist Of Sarajevo By Steve Gallow

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The book The Cellist of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway, was written about a war that broke out in 1992. “The Siege of Sarajevo, the longest city siege in the history of modern warfare, stretched from April 5, 1992, to February 29, 1996. The United Nations estimates that approximately 10,000 people were killed and 56,000 wounded. An average of 329 shells hit the city each day, with a one-day high of 3,777 on July 22, 1993. In a city of roughly half a million people, 10,000 apartments were destroyed, and 100,000 were damaged. Twenty-three percent of all buildings were seriously damaged, and a further 64 percent partially” (Galloway 234). Galloway was interested in this war later on after it started. He wanted to know what it was like doing day

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