Zora's Flat

Zora lives in a flat with Franjo, but he leaves early on in the book to take her mother to England. Windows are blown out by violence, and she sleeps on her mattress in the kitchen to avoid the windows. Her flat becomes an important place for her small social circle in Sarajevo because once Mirsad brings her an old-fashioned stove, people congregate there in the evenings to cook food, chat, and get warm. She has painted art on her walls, and people like being there because of that.

Zora's Mother's Flat

Zora’s mother’s flat is just a part of what the family used to own during the days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The family owned the full townhouse and a lot of land. Because of a decline in the family’s timber business, they had to sell off parts of the townhouse to survive...