The length of days: an urban ballad

The length of days : an urban ballad is set mostly in the composite Donbas city of Z -- an uncanny foretelling of what this letter has come to symbolize since February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Several embedded narratives attributed an alcoholic chemist-turned-...

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1. Verfasser: Rafjejenko, Volodymyr Volodymyrovyč 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Harvard library of Ukrainian literature 6
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Zusammenfassung:The length of days : an urban ballad is set mostly in the composite Donbas city of Z -- an uncanny foretelling of what this letter has come to symbolize since February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Several embedded narratives attributed an alcoholic chemist-turned-massage-therapist give insight into the funny, ironic, or tragic lives of people who remained in the occupied Donbas after Russia's initial aggression in 2014. With elements of magical realism, Volodymyr Rafeyenko's novel combines a wicked sense of humor with depth of political analysis, philosophy, poetry, and moral interrogation. Witty references to popular culture -- Ukrainian and European -- underline the international and transnational aspects of Ukrainian literature. The novel ends on a hopeful note that even death cannot have the final word : the resilient inhabitants of Z grow in power with each incarnation."--
Beschreibung:340 pages 21 cm
ISBN:9780674291218
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9780674291201
0674291204