Бежанци

A saga of the Bulgarians of Aegean Macedonia in the first half of the 20th century, when survival was a philosophy of life. Built on long research and a careful reconstruction of the historical record, the novel follows real events: the Drama uprising of 1941, the stripping of the region's Bulgarian identity after the Second World War, and the fate of the Bulgarian minority in Greece, which suffered violence from Turkish, Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian governments alike, until in the 1940s many were forced to leave their homes. It tells of unforgiven crimes, betrayals and cruelty, and of ordinary people who try to keep their dignity and a clear line between good and evil.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

702 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Bulgaria

First published

2013 by Janet 45

Author's age

52 when first published

ISBN

9789544919429 (original)