Helen Benedict utforskar dolda berättelser från Irakkriget genom skönlitteratur

Författaren Helen Benedict diskuterar sin roman "The Soldier’s House", den mellersta delen i hennes trilogi om Irakkriget, i en färsk intervju. Med avstamp i sin faktabaserade forskning om kvinnliga soldaters erfarenheter använder Benedict skönlitteraturen för att fördjupa sig i krigets outtalade trauman. Boken kretsar kring amerikanska veteraner och irakiska flyktingar som försöker finna en väg framåt efter konflikten.

Helen Benedict, vars fackbok "The Lonely Soldier" från 2009 blottlade de sexuella övergrepp som kvinnor i tjänst i Irak utsattes för mellan 2003 och 2006, har vänt sig till skönlitteraturen för att fånga de inre historier som förblev outsagda under intervjuerna. "Nästan alla de många kvinnor jag intervjuade... hade blivit obevekligt sexuellt trakasserade eller utsatta för övergrepp av sina egna kamrater", säger Benedict och noterar hur tystnader, tårar och skämt under dessa samtal inspirerade hennes litterära ansats. Hennes arbete låg till grund för dokumentärfilmen "The Invisible War" från 2012.

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