The subject of this paper is physicality and the body in selected novels by Slavenka Drakulić, more precisely in the novels Frida ili o boli, Kao da me nema and Optužena. In her novels, Slavenka Drakulić deals with the topics of the female body and physicality, as well as the dangers to which the female body is exposed, such as disease, rape and abuse. Thus, in the novel Frida ili o boli, the author analyzes the body through illness and the traffic accident that befell the famous painter Frida Kahlo. Frida's body is to blame because she is limited, it is difficult for her to get up and walk, she has no self-confidence and is afraid of rejection, which is why she withdraws into herself. Furthermore, in the novel Kao da me nema, the main character S. is a victim of frequent rapes in a war camp, so she is permanently damaged. Nevertheless, she found strength and developed love for her child, despite the fact that it is a „reminder“ of the horrors that befell her. In the third and last novel entitled Optužena author deals with physical and emotional abuse and child neglect. Throughout the novel, the girl suffers physical and mental pain and feels the trauma of her body, which is subject to physical punishment, deprivation of food and water, the fulfillment of basic physiological needs, the need for silence, exposed to constant lies and the prohibition of showing any emotions, which results in catastrophic consequences. Accordingly, it is evident that in her novels Slavenka Drakulić deals with topics that are considered taboo topics in today's society and that are not given enough attention, at least not through the perspective through which the author herself approaches these topics. Such traumas to the body result in the separation of the victim from the body itself and the disintegration of identity, so the psychological consequences of such traumas are extremely severe.