Aida Dziho-Sator’s book of poems, For Me, the War Begins in an Elevator, will be in print March 26. These reviews are glowing of this, her second book of poems and the first in English. Dziho-Sator is a Bosnian professor of English literature and language with a gift for writing poetry exquisite in its humor, tragedy, and wisdom. Here is what other poets have written about this book:
“Without casting any judgment or looking for the culprit, Aida DžihoŠator
delivers verses with a strong poetic voice that depicts the social
anomalies of the war-time and post-war Bosnian society. Death is
present, but there is no fear of it. The author builds a poetic discourse
on the little, everyday things that we are usually not aware of, nor how
important they are in our lives. A great, strong and fresh poetic voice.”
~Adnan Žetica, award-winning
author of six poetry collections
among them ”A Draft for a Fairytale.”
“The poetry reader who knows anything about the four yearlong
Balkans War will learn more about it from this beautiful poetry book
than from history books where a single person is just a simple number.
The reader of this touching diary about the drama of war and of peace,
will discover in the poetry a new drama about the invisible scars that
remain in those of us who survived. Just read it!”
~Goran Simic, author of the poetry collections “Sprinting
from the Graveyard” (Oxford University Press, UK) and
“Immigrant Blues” (Brick Books, Canada)