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Starobinets A. Posmotri na nego
Starobinets A. Posmotri na nego
| Author | Starobinets A. |
| Title | Posmotri na nego |
| Description | Look at Him is an autobiographical book in which Anna Starobinets confronts one of the most painful and taboo subjects in Russia — abortion. She writes about losing a child after severe developmental abnormalities, incompatible with life, were discovered early in pregnancy. On one level, Starobinets’s prose is a deeply personal and harrowing account of a family catastrophe. She describes her emotions, thoughts, and decisions, as well as the way her family experienced the grief alongside her. On another level, she steps back from her own loss and examines what happened with the close attention of an analyst. She carefully documents her psychological state and the circumstances that shaped it: fear, shock, the indifference and even hostility of medical staff, and the strange euphemisms used when discussing termination of pregnancy.
Above all, this is a profoundly personal book, but Starobinets also seeks to expose systemic problems in medical care. From the patient’s perspective, she compares the Russian and German approaches and concludes the book with interviews with obstetricians and with women who were forced to carry to term and give birth to babies who could not survive. Look at Him brings into the open a form of grief that many people are still expected to endure in silence. |
| Year | 2022 |
| Publisher | AST |
| Pages | 288 |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 978-5-17-150904-0 |
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221.00 kr.