by Boris Cyrulnik · ISBN 9782738121653
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«Autobiographie d'un épouvantail» is the psychology essay by Boris Cyrulnik, published by Odile Jacob in hardback (279 pages, in French).
Boris Cyrulnik continues his exploration of resilience, understood as the capacity to rebuild oneself after trauma. Through life's wounded from different cultures, he portrays those «scarecrows» who turn their fragilities into vital strength. Faced with loss and suffering, he proposes crafting a narrative of oneself that heals the wound and allows reconciliation with the past.
Originally published in 2008, it won the Prix Renaudot de l'essai. The work falls within psychology and non-fiction, and addresses resilience, psychic trauma, and narrative therapy.
For readers interested in the psychology of resilience, overcoming trauma, and identity construction through personal narrative.
Boris Cyrulnik is a French doctor, ethologist, neurologist, and psychiatrist.
