after war

after war is an unwavering exploration of brutality and its consequences, moving adroitly between personal experience and the written record to plumb the ' after' and ongoingness of war, genocide and displacement. Unfurling from the Bosnian war and its traumas, this searing debut examines identity and un/belonging; language and its elisions; history and how we remember it; violence and how we are implicated in it. Through experiments in form and voice, Dz enana Vucic' s deeply humane poetry bears witness not only to suffering, but to courage and strength. Generous and incisive, this extraordinary collection refuses both to look away or submit to despair; it compels readers not to either.