Voroshilovgrad
2010 • 445 pages

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"The power source for Zhadan's writing is in its linguistic passion."—Die Zeit "One of the most important creative forces in modern Ukrainian alternative culture."—KulturSpiegel A city-dwelling executive heads home to take over his brother's gas station after his mysterious disappearance, but all he finds at home are mysteries and ghosts. The bleak industrial landscape of now-war-torn eastern Ukraine sets the stage for Voroshilovgrad, the Soviet era name of the Ukranian city of Luhansk, mixing magical realism and exhilarating road novel in poetic, powerful, and expressive prose. Serhiy Zhadan, one of the key figureheads in contemporary Ukrainian literature and the most famous poet in the country, has become the voice of Ukraine's "Euro-Maidan" movement. He lives in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Графіті

Графіті is a 4-book series with 4 released primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Serhiy Zhadan, Serhij Żadan, and Сергій Жадан.

Anarchy in the UKR
Hymn demokratycznej młodzieży
Voroshilovgrad
Ворошиловград

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The translation is decent, the pacing makes for a very compelling read, and the themes are easy for the audience to grasp without ever seeming condescending.

My main issue with this book is that the protagonist is a creep towards women.

November 18, 2022