Sarajevo blues cover

Sarajevo blues

by Semezdin Mehmedinović

At the end of 1992, poet, writer, and co-director of the award-winning film "Mizaldo", Semezdin Mehmedinovic published a book of spare and haunting stories and poems that described the collapse of his world following the eruption of the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina in April of the same year.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?