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Plagued by addiction, violence, and a fugitive life, Lausevic was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the attempted murder of a drug dealer in 2007 (later reduced). He became a cause celebre—intellectuals and artists pleaded for his release, arguing that rehabilitation, not incarceration, was the answer. After being released and subsequently arrested again, he spent years on the run, writing his manuscript in hiding.
One of the most powerful illustrations of his emotional state can be seen in the following excerpt, describing the aftermath of a prison riot in which he was nearly killed. The passage reveals not only the physical danger he faced, but his internal strength and will to survive:
Naslov knjige nosi univerzalnu poruku nade i patnje. Ona nas podseća da su sve ljudske muke, ma koliko teške i trajne delovale, podložne zubu vremena. Žarko Laušević je kroz svoje zatvorske dnevnike uspeo da izgradi spomenik sopstvenom stradanju, ali i da ostavi neizbrisiv trag u balkanskoj književnosti.
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