A Bright Red Scream
Subtitle: Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780140280531
First sentence: It's that feeling again You wake up and see blood stains on your sheets and on your carpet.
Description: Explores the phenomenon of self-mutilation, tracing how feelings of rage and self-punishment are acted out by its practitioners and the process of treatment, based on interviews with dozens of patients, doctors, and researchers.