The Refugees: A Novel About Heroism, Suffering, Human Values, Morality and Sacrifices of People During a War
About this ebook
The novel delivers a story and describes events that took place in Balkans from 1917 to 1918 during the First World War. It is based on the memories of a real individual who was a refugee as a young boy at that time. The messages from the novel are highly applicable to the events and problems of the contemporary time and human suffering raging at various parts of the globe today.
About the author
Daniel Churchill (a.k.a. Zvezdan Curcic) is a professor at the University of Hong Kong. He specializes in education, immigration, refugee law, and practice. He is also a migration law agent registered with the Australian government. Through his life and career, he developed a strong interest and passion for issues affecting civilians at war, refugees and their needs, and improvements in human conditions through education. Born in Kosovo, the southern province of Serbia, he witnessed conflicts in his lifetime with tragic outcomes on civilians. Stories of his grandfather, who was a refugee at the beginning and then again at the end of the twentieth century, strongly shaped his understanding of the issues and events he describes in his writing. Furthermore his work through the immigration law activities with refugees from all over the affected world allows Professor Churchill to develop global understanding of conditions and human suffering raging at various parts of the globe, even today.
