Wounded I Am More Awake

Esad Boskailo, Julia Lieblich

Description

Wounded I Am More Awake follows the story of Esad Boskailo, a doctor who survives six concentration camps in Bosnia and emerges with powerful new lessons for healing in an age of genocide.

This gripping account raises questions for healers, survivors, and readers striving to understand the reality of war and the aftermath of terror. Is it possible to find meaning after enduring crimes against humanity? Can people heal after trauma?

Human rights journalist Julia Lieblich takes the reader through Boskailo's early years under Tito to the wars when friends turned on friends. She documents his harrowing experiences in the camps, where the men he once joined for coffee murder his best friend from childhood.

But the story does not end there. Boskailo moves to the United States and decides to become a psychiatrist so he can guide survivors through the longterm process of restoring hope. Today, inspired by the late psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, Boskailo uses his own experience to help patients mourn their losses and find meaning in the aftermath of terror.

Sujets

• Human Rights
• Mental Health
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Psychology

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826518279
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

WO UN D ED I A M M OR E AWA KE •a f t e r a n i n g Te r r o r F M e i n d i n g •

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Wounded ï Am More Awake

Wounded ï Am More Awake

F I N D I N G M E A N I N G A F T E R T E R R O R

Julia Lieblich and Esad Boškailo

Vanderbî Unîversîy Press Nasvîe

© 2012 by Vanderbî Unîversîy Press Nasvîe, Tennessee 37235 A rîgs reserved Fîrs prînîng 2012

hîs book îs prîned on acîd-ree paper. Manuacured în e Unîed Saes o Amerîca

îbrary o Congress Caaogîng-în-Pubîcaîon Daa on Ie

C conro number 2011024786 C cassîIcaîon DR1313.8 .54 2012 Dewey cass number 949.703

ïSBN 978-0-8265-1825-5 (co) ïSBN 978-0-8265-1826-2 (paperback) ïSBN 978-0-8265-1827-9 (e-book)

To Mak, Tîmur, and Aîša Boškaîo and Erîca Ramanauskas

hey wîsper around o me a my îe as been în vaîn hey do no know a so wounded ï am more awake.

—Mak Dîzdar, “Unwîîng Warrîor”

Contents

Acknowedgmens xî

PART I Caper 1 he Sory o My îe 3 Caper 2 ïs hîs Bosnîa? 8 Caper 3 he Nîg ïs So Unrea 13 Caper 4 How Can hîs Happen Here? 16 Caper 5 he hîn Aîr o Hope 29 Caper 6 Beyond Our God 38 Caper 7 hîs Corner o Grîe 47 Caper 8 Beore e Bone Cracks 59 Caper 9 Back Once More 72 Caper 10 he Hardes Srîe 79

PART II Caper 11 You’ve îsened o My Words 85 Caper 12 Ony Rememberîng 88 Caper 13 An ïsand în e Hear o e Word 101 Caper 14 he Hear o hîs Sadness 113 Caper 15 Here ï Am wîou Myse 122 Caper 16 Take No Pîy 128