"Nobody I ever met on my assignments . . . asked me for direct,
practical help. . . . But over and over again people have asked me:
'Will you write this down?' "--"Echoes of Violence"
"Echoes of Violence" is an award-winning collection of personal
letters to friends from a foreign correspondent who is trying to
understand what she witnessed during the iconic human disasters of
our time--in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and New York City on
September 11th, among many other places. Originally addressing only
a small group of friends, Carolin Emcke started the first letter
after returning from Kosovo, where she saw the aftermath of ethnic
cleansing in 1999. She began writing to overcome her speechlessness
about the horrors of war and her own sense of failure as a
reporter. Eventually, writing a letter became a ritual Emcke
performed following her return from each nightmare she experienced.
First published in 2004 to great acclaim, "Echoes of Violence" in
2005 was named German political book of the year and was a finalist
for the international Lettre-Ulysses award for the art of
reportage.
Combining narrative with philosophic reflection, Emcke describes
wars and human rights abuses around the world--the suffering of
civilians caught between warring factions in Colombia, the
heartbreaking plight of homeless orphans in Romania, and the
near-slavery of garment workers in Nicaragua. Freed in the letters
from journalistic conventions that would obscure her presence as a
witness, Emcke probes the abyss of violence and explores the scars
it leaves on landscapes external and internal.
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