So Hot Was the Cannon

A grenade fired from a nearby hill kills the parents of a ten year old boy during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992 The Boy looses his ability to speak A lady neighbor adopts and takes care of him The Boy is thrown out from his destroyed apartment and begins to prowl around the city with a schoolmate Too early and too soon he goes through the process of growing up He learns the meanings of such words as force death sex He learns how to achieve He learns about the values He learns what matters the most The Lady neighbor that takes care of him tries to shelter him and protect him Unsuccessfully The Boy rides to fall Death and suffering become more frequent and more severe When the Lady neighbors teenage son is killed by a sniper as a collateral damage she then rejects the Boy The Boy escapes the siege and shoots from a cannon at the cityFifteen years later the Boy now twenty five and the Lady neighbor meet again They are united in pain and suffering