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O Nariz é o nome de um dos contos satíricos clássicos na literatura russa. Foi escrito pelo célebre escritor Nikolai Gogol e inspirou o compositor Dmitri Shostakovich a compor a ópera homônima. Escrita entre 1835 e 1836, a narrativa conta a história de um oficial de São Petersburgo cujo nariz abandona o rosto e decide ter vida independente. O Nariz, não trata de forças sobrenaturais, mas de uma manipulação estética da qual Gogol soube tirar proveito graças à sua genialidade como escritor.
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Przemieszczenie by Margaryta Jakowenko PL
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Historia Darii Kowalenko Petrowej, która urodziła się w 1992 roku w Mariupolu, lecz w dzieciństwie wyemigrowała z rodzicami do Hiszpanii, to opowieść o współczesnej miłości, problemach ekonomicznych, rodzinie naznaczonej emigracją, a zarazem świadectwo pokolenia, które żyje w trwałym kryzysie. To także historia dwóch rozczarowań – Związkiem Radzieckim w XX wieku i społeczeństwem Zachodu w wieku XXI.
U Margaryty Jakowenko, hiszpańskiej pisarki ukraińskiego pochodzenia, można odnaleźć ślady prozy Zadie Smith, tekstów Anne Carson czy reportaży Swietłany... continue
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Rode sirenes : een Oekraïense familiegeschiedenis by Victoria Belim NL
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In 2014 keert Victoria terug naar Oekraïne om de verdwijning van haar oudoom Nikodim in de jaren dertig te onderzoeken. Wat gebeurde er met hem in ‘de bloedlanden’, waarom is er zo weinig bekend over zijn lot en waarom verbiedt haar grootmoeder Valentina haar het verleden te verstoren? In Poltava is de KGB misschien allang verdwenen, maar hun voormalige hoofdkwartier doet de lokale bevolking nog steeds huiveren.
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Rooster House by Victoria Belim EN
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"In the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House, an elegant mansion with two voluptuous red roosters flanking the door. It doesn't look horrifying. And yet, when Victoria was growing up, her great-grandmother would take pains to avoid walking past it. In 2014, while the Russian state was annexing Crimea, Victoria visited her grandmother. Just before the trip she came across her great-grandfather's diary, one page scored deep with the single line: 'Brother Nikodim, vanished in the 1930s fighting for a free Ukraine.' She had never heard of this uncle and no one see... continue
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Sweet Darusya : A Tale of Two Villages by Maria Matios EN
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This is a chronicle of Soviet tyranny in Ukraine. Vasyl Kapkan, the Lithuanian translator of Sweet Darusya
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The Courilof Affair by Irène Némirovsky EN
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Set in Kiev and St Petersburg, this book tells the story of one man's inquisition during the Bolshevik Revolution. It is both an elegy to a world lost and an unsparing observation of human motives and behavior during a period of radical upheaval in European history.
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The Dogs and the Wolves by Irène Némirovsky EN
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"This wonderful, panoramic novel goes right back to Ir ne Nemirovsky s roots, sweeping the reader from the Jewish quarter of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century to Paris in the twenties and thirties, and back again to eastern Europe in a snowy winter on the eve of war. At its heart is a tragic love, between Ada from the poor Jewish quarter and Harry, son of a rich financier. The dogs are the comfortable, assimilated rich Jews up on the hill, while the wolves, their distant cousins, struggle below in the ghetto. Ada grows up motherless, looked after first by her father,... continue
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The Dream of Freedom : A Message to the World by Volodymyr Zelensky EN
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President Volodymyr Zelensky's message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracy The words of a man. The message of a people. Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's story through the words of its president. It is the story of a nation valiantly defending itself from Russian aggression. And it is the story of a people leading the world in the struggle for democracy. Above all, it is a battle cry for us all to stand up and fight for liberty. If not now, when?
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The Gardener from Ochakov by Andrey Kurkov EN
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Igor is confident his old Soviet policeman's uniform will be the best costume at the party. But he hasn't gone far before he realises something is wrong. The streets are unusually dark and empty, and the only person to emerge from the shadows runs away from him in terror. After a perplexing conversation with the terrified man, who turns out to be a wine smuggler, and on recovering from the resulting hangover, Igor comes to an unbelievable conclusion: he has found his way back to 1957 Kiev. And it isn't the innocent era his mother and her friends have so sentimentally described. As he travels b... continue