Books set in Ukraine (63)


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La central de frío by Inka Parei ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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La novela de Inka Parei La central del frío comienza con un hombre que recibe una sorprendente llamada de su ex esposa. Está en el hospital, esperando un diagnóstico de cáncer. Su mente se acelera cuando de repente se da cuenta de que debe descubrir si ella fue contaminada por las consecuencias del desastre nuclear de Chernobyl de 1986. Al regresar rápidamente a la ciudad, intenta reconstruir los acontecimientos de unos días de hace tantos años, y revisita y cuestiona sus propios recuerdos de trabajar en el escalofriante “centro frí... continue

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Last Witnesses : Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by The Times and Telegraph 'Astonishing. . . Like the great Russian novels, these testimonials ring with emotional truth' - Caroline Moorehead, Guardian Extraordinary stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War? In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich started interviewing people who had experienced war as children, the generation that survived and had to live with the trauma that wo... continue

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Looking at Women Looking at War : A War and Justice Diary by Victoria Amelina EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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Destined to be a classic, a poet’s powerful look at the courage of resistance WITH A FOREWORD BY MARGARET ATWOOD When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country’s literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, who documented tens of thousands of war crimes and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and Yulia, a librarian who he... continue

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Love in Defiance of Pain : Ukrainian Stories by Ali Kinsella, Zenia Tompkins, Ross Ufberg EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories aims to bring the riches of contemporary Ukrainian literature--and of contemporary Ukraine, too--to the world. While Ukraine is under sustained attack, many in the West have marveled at the nation's strength in the face of a barbaric invasion. Who are these people, what is this nation, which has captivated the world with their courage? By showcasing some of the finest Ukrainian writers working today, this book aims to help answer that question. There are war stories, but there are also love stories. Stories of aging romantics in modern Ukraine, and o... continue

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Lucky Breaks by Yevgenia Belorusets EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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Powerful, off-beat stories about women living in the shadow of the now-frozen, now-thawing war in Ukraine

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Mesopotamia by Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
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A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years "One of the most astounding novels to come out of modern Ukraine. Mesopotamia is seductive, twisted, brilliant, and fierce."--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post‑independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusion... continue

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Midnight in Chernobyl : The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Finalist One of NPR’s Best Books of 2019 Journalist Adam Higginbotham’s definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster—and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century’s greatest disasters. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s ... continue

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Min lengste reise

Min lengste reise by Oksana Zabuzhko NO

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Da Russland invaderte Ukraina 24. februar 2022, hadde forfatter Oksana Zabuzjko akkurat ankommet Polen for å promotere sin nyeste bok. Hun hadde pakket den lille reisevesken, for hun skulle bare være borte fra leilighet og ektemann i Kyiv i et par dager. Da ektemannen ringte for å fortelle hva som hadde skjedd, forandret alt seg. Reisen ble brått til et ufrivillig eksil - og nyhetene fra hjemlandet mer grusomme for hver dag. I «Min lengste reise» forteller Zabuzjko nært og gripende om sin egen opplevelse av invasjonen slik hendelsene utfoldet seg utover våren - men også skarpt analytisk om Rus... continue

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Muerte con pingüino (Blackie Bolsillo) by Andrei Kurkov ES

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Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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Viktor es un escritor está sin dinero, lo ha dejado su novia, tiene frío. Imaginen si se siente solo que decide adoptar a un pingüino. No sabe que este nuevo compañero de piso, Misha, también suelta suspiros melancólicos cuando chapotea en la bañera de agua helada y se encierra en la habitación como un adolescente. Ahora Viktor no solo está triste, sino que debe consolar a su amigo. Y además alimentarlo. Todo se complica cuando un gran periódico le encarga escribir esquelas de personajes públicos que aún e... continue