Books set in Ukraine (65)


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51.

The Sunflower Boys by Sam Wachman EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"That rarest phenomenon: a war novel that feels at once timeless and precisely of the moment…" —Washington Post A poignant coming-of-age story with the sensitivity and haunting power of What Belongs to You and Swimming in the Dark, about a young boy wrestling with his sexuality as war breaks out in modern Ukraine. In many ways, twelve-year-old Artem’s life in Chernihiv, Ukraine, is normal. He spends his days helping on his grandfather’s sunflower farm, drawing in his sketchbook—a treasured gift from his father, who works in America—and swimming in the river with his little brother, Yuri. In se... continue

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The Wine of Solitude by Irène Némirovsky EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Imbued with melancholy, and regret, this work explores the troubled relationship between a young girl, her distant, self-absorbed mother and her mother's lover, Max. We follow the family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as the young Helene grows from a dreamy, unhappy child into an angry young woman."

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Tierra de Empusas by Olga Tokarczuk ES

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
September 1913. A young Pole suffering from tuberculosis arrives at Wilhelm Opitz's Guesthouse for Gentlemen in the village of Görbersdorf, a health resort in the Silesian mountains. Every evening the residents gather to imbibe the hallucinogenic local liqueur and debate the great issues of the day: Monarchy or democracy? Do devils exist? Are women born inferior? War or peace? Meanwhile, disturbing things are happening in the guesthouse and the surrounding hills. Someone--or something--seems to be watching, attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world. Little does the newcomer realize, as he... continue

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Todo lo que tengo lo llevo conmigo by Herta Müller ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
Valiéndose de las conversaciones y de las detalladas notas de la vida en el campo de concentración tomadas por su amigo, el poeta Oskar Pastior, la premio Nobel rumana Herta Müller indaga en la historia de represión y persecución sufrida por los alemanes rumanos en tiempos de Stalin. «Una conmovedora obra que consigue, con un lenguaje de enorme sensibilidad, traer luz a los tiempos oscuros.» Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung «Su voz posee el don de la poesía, de una lírica concisa y plena.» ABC «El libro más importante de esta especialista en las deformaciones del alma humana y constituye, sin du... continue

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Totul este iluminat

Totul este iluminat by Jonathan Safran Foer RO

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
Roman tradus în treizeci şi două de ţări, distins cu Guardian First Book Prize, National Jewish Book Award şi New York Public Library Young Lions Prize. În anul 2005 a fost ecranizat în regia lui Liev Schreiber, cu Elijah Wood în rolul principal. „Ar trebui să daţi uitării tot ce aţi citit despre acest roman. Căci veţi citi că Totul este iluminat e o adevărată capodoperă, că Jonathan Safran Foer, la numai douăzeci şi patru de ani, şi-a câştigat locul printre autorii de prima mână, scriind o carte cu totul nouă şi originală, care a schimbat îns... continue

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Ukraine: The Forging of a Nation by Yaroslav Hrytsak EN

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Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
A "pioneering and fundamental" (Timothy Snyder) new history of Ukraine from one of its leading public intellectuals When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the "creative, freewheeling, darkly humorous, and deeply resilient society" that is contemporary Ukraine. In this timely and original history, a bestseller in Ukraine, the historian Yaroslav Hrytsak tells the sweeping story of his nation through a meticulous examination of the major events, conflicts, and developments that have shaped it over the course of centuries. Hrytsak weaves a rich and detailed tapestry of a country ... continue

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Un hogar para Dom

Un hogar para Dom by Victoria Amelina, Héctor Abad Faciolince ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Un divertido caniche llamado Dom nos cuenta la historia de una familia: un viejo coronel y varias generaciones de mujeres. Tanto el perro como la gente se sienten incómodos en el pequeño apartamento de Lviv donde vivía antes... ¿Qué más da para quién? Las piedras no lo dirán. O te lo dirán, si tienes sentido común. Pero ¿hay alguna historia que pueda ayudar a un coronel del este de Ucrania, o al menos a su perro, a sentirse finalmente como en casa en Lviv (Leópolis) en los años 90? Parece que nunca podr... continue


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Voces de Chernobil / Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich ES

Rating: 5 (5 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Chernóbil, 1986. "Cierra las ventanillas y acuéstate. Hay un incendio en la central. Vendré pronto." Esto fue lo último que un joven bombero dijo a su esposa antes de acudir al lugar de la explosión. No regresó. Y en cierto modo, ya no volvió a verle, pues en el hospital su marido dejó de ser su marido. Todavía hoy ella se pregunta si su historia trata sobre el amor o la muerte. Voces de Chernóbil está planteado como si fuera una tragedia griega, con coros y unos héroes marcados por un destino fatal, cuyas voces fueron silenciadas durante muchos años por una polis representada aquí por la anti... continue

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Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich EN

Rating: 5 (8 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."