BLOOD ON MY HANDS: A SURGEON AT WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 14357010B35383
English Summary/英文概要： The year is 1999, and for the first time since World War II, Europe is witnessing scenes of mass murder. The forces of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic have swept into Kosovo on the Balkan Peninsula leaving a trail of death and heartbreak. Scenes of Milosevic’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ play out on television screens all over the world; haunted figures huddled behind barbed wire fences, bodies heaped in ditches.
Adelaide surgeon Craig Jurisevic recalls his grandfather’s ordeal in a Nazi concentration camp and resolves to honour his memory by offering his skills as a surgeon to the victims of the conflict. Leaving his wife and son in Adelaide, Jurisevic flies to the Balkans under the auspices of the International Medical Corps. Although no stranger to the battlefield, he is appalled at the unparalleled savagery of the Kosovo war. Jurisevic’s determination to put his skills to the best possible use leads him closer and closer to the frontline, and deeper into danger.
Sickened by scenes of murder and massacre, he sets aside his non-partisan status and joins forces with the Kosovo Liberation Army, operating on the injured at the front and leading night-time missions behind the lines to retrieve injured Kosovar villagers. Struggling to maintain his moral bearings, Jurisevic’s journey from Adelaide to the hell of Kosovo has become a descent into the heart of darkness. Blood on My Hands, co-written with awardwinning author Robert Hillman, tells a story of terrible suffering, of extraordinary heroism, and of the savagery that lies coiled in the human heart.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本書作者Craig Jurisevic是澳洲「心胸肺」著名的外科醫師，也曾是澳洲紅十字會國際人道救援組織的成員。現為澳洲南部大城阿德萊德(Adelaide)與當地阿德萊德大學的資深講師。
Craig曾待過許多戰亂國家，提供當地戰區的醫療服務，包含，以色列和加薩、阿爾巴尼亞、科索夫、阿富汗。他有如此奉獻自己的精神，主要也是因為繼承祖父的遺志，藉以紀念祖父曾經在二次大戰納粹集中營遭受的苦楚。
1999年科索夫的自治地區，一支被多數的阿爾巴尼亞人支持的當地解放軍出來抵抗塞爾維亞的統治，國際社會進一步支持科索夫獨立，但反對阿爾巴尼亞人的獨立要求。國際社會逐漸向塞爾維亞人的強人前南斯拉夫前總統米洛塞維奇(Slobodan Milosevic)施壓，要求結束科索夫日益高升的暴力衝突。於是在米洛塞維奇變本加厲的恐怖威脅下，塞爾維亞部隊的暴力殘殺和強力驅逐，成千上萬的難民湧出科索夫。
許多回教社群遭到塞爾維亞人的種族屠殺，儘管當地人逃到附近聯合國部隊駐紮的地方，塞爾維亞部隊仍對這群平民窮追不捨。塞爾維亞軍人將俘虜的男人、婦女及孩童區分，用巴士將婦女及小孩載走，並令男人掘墳，然後將他們屠殺。估計有八千名男性在這次屠殺中喪生。
Craig Jurisevic由國際人道救援組織得知科索夫的慘況，毅然決然至這個戰亂之地，為當地人進行各種醫療援助。隨著他一步一步深入當地，有許多外界不曾報導的恐怖事件，讓他了解戰爭所帶給人們的深遠影響。而本書Craig以記錄人類在戰亂中所發出閃爍的人性光輝，從中訴說美德與感動人心的故事。(CL)
Awards/获奖情况：A major Hollywood film to be released in 2011
by Australian Academy Award-winning producer, Eva Orner.
本書已改拍電影 將由澳洲最佳外語製片人 Eva Orner 執導
男主角將由電影《阿凡達》山姆沃辛頓 (Sam Worthington)
飾演一位外科醫師在戰爭與種族屠殺 對生死課題的沉思
About the Author/作者介绍： Craig Jurisevic was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965 and is married with three children. He is a cardiothoracic and trauma surgeon and has worked in many conflict zones. These include Israel and Gaza (1992-93), Albania and Kosovo in (1999), and with the Australian Army in East Timor (2006) and Afghanistan (2008). He is a member of the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the Australian Red Cross. He currently works fulltime as a surgeon in Adelaide and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide.
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