home All News open_in_new Full Article

Out of the Woods by Gretchen Shirm review – a compelling reflection on bearing witness

For her fourth novel, the former lawyer draws on her experience working as a legal intern in the UN tribunal for former YugoslaviaGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailOut of the Woods, the fourth novel of Gretchen Shirm, is a sobering reflection on the necessity of bearing witness. It is also inseparable from real events: the massacre in 1995 of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys by the Serbian Army of Republika Srpska in Srebrenica, and the later conviction of a senior military commander, Radislav Krstić, for genocide. The novel, though imperfect, elevates the lived experience of survivors with care and verisimilitude, while asking probing questions about how to comprehend their trauma.Jess, an introverted Australian woman in her 50s, has moved to the Netherlands to work as a legal secretary at The Hague. It’s the year 2000, and a United Nations tribunal is prosecuting war crimes committed in former Yugoslavia, with Jess’s days filled with transcribing the testimony of survivo...


today 13 h. ago attach_file Politics

attach_file Events
attach_file Politics
attach_file Politics
attach_file Events
attach_file Events
attach_file Events
attach_file Events
attach_file Politics
attach_file Society
attach_file Politics
attach_file Economics
attach_file Politics
attach_file Politics
attach_file Events
attach_file Politics
attach_file Events
attach_file Events
attach_file Events
attach_file Politics
attach_file Politics


ID: 1616238239
Add Watch Country

arrow_drop_down