When I was in Sarajevo as a Counsellor at the Embassy of Switzerland, a young Italian named Renato told me the story of his love for Katherine.
From the Introduction:
Sarajevo, summer 1996. The Dayton Agreement has been in force for six months...
This city has been resurrected and is alive. Its people are breathing and exist! Sarajevo is living as if to spite the past four years of war - and the uncertainty of the months and years ahead...
That was when I met Renato in Sarajevo, one Sunday evening, in the Bosnia Garden Restaurant, right in front of the Cathedral. Renato, who had been working at the Italian Institute in Sarajevo since 1st February 1996 told me his love story...
"Walking without Katherine" was published in 1996.
