Books set in Ukraine (42)
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The Night Reporter : A 1938 Lviv Murder Mystery by Yuri Vynnychuk EN
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The events of the novel The Night Reporter take place in Lviv in 1938. Journalist Marko Krylovych, nicknamed the "night reporter" takes on the investigation of the murder of a candidate for president of the city government.
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The Nose by Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ EN
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Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov awakens to discover that his nose is missing, leaving a smooth, flat patch of skin in its place. He finds and confronts his nose in the Kazan Cathedral, but from its clothing it is apparent that the nose has acquired a higher rank in the civil service than he and refuses to return to his face. The Art of the Novella Series: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognised by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. This series celebrates the art form.
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The Orphanage: A Novel by Serhiy Zhadan EN
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"A Margellos World Republic of Letters Book."
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The Wine of Solitude by Irène Némirovsky EN
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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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Todo lo que tengo lo llevo conmigo by Herta Müller ES
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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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Voces de Chernobil / Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich ES
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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 Alexiévich EN
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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."
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Vorosjylovhrad : terug naar de woeste velden van Oost-Oekraïne by Serhij Viktorovyč Žadan NL
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Wanneer een jongeman teruggaat naar zijn geboortestad in de Oekraïne om de verdwijning van zijn broer te onderzoeken, belandt hij in een chaotisch land en beleeft surrealistische avonturen.
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You Don't Know What War Is : The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska EN
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An important, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war as told through the diary entries of a young Ukrainian girl. Yeva Skalietska's story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she'd ever known was shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion of Ukraine. Yeva and her grandmother ran to a basement bunker, where she began writing this diary. She describes the bombings they endured while s... continue