The language of war / Oleksandr Mykhed ; translated by Maryna Gibson, Hanna Leliv and Abby Dewar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mykhed, Oleksandr, author.

Contributor:

Gibson, Maryna, translator.

Leliv, Hanna, translator.

Dewar, Abby, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ukraine--History--Russian Invasion, 2022-.

Ukraine.

Mykhed, Oleksandr--Biography.

Mykhed, Oleksandr.

Civilians in war.

War and society.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014---Personal narratives.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-.

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014---Social aspects.

Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022.

Authors, Ukrainian--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Ukrainian.

Physical Description:

x, 279 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Allen Lane, 2024.

Summary:

"A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment nearby. On weekends they go out for brunch, cook and see friends. Life is good; it is normal. Then the invaders come. The Language of War is about what happens when your world changes overnight. When you wake up to the sound of helicopters and the smell of gunpowder. When your home is hit by shells or broken into by gunmen, and you spend another night in a basement-turned-bomb shelter. When, even though you've never held a weapon before, you realise the only choice is to fight back. It is about things one can never forget, or forgive. Bringing together Oleksandr Mykhed's vivid day-by-day chronicles of the invasion of Ukraine with a chorus of other voices - his family, friends in exile, those who have fought and have witnessed unimaginable atrocities - this book is both a record, and a reckoning. Haunting and timeless, it asks how it is possible to find the words to describe a new reality; how you can still make sense of the world when the only language you can speak is the language of war"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The language of war

My guilt

Yevhen Tereshchenko, 'cyborg'

New tattoo

Between the testaments

War crimes. Fragments of chronicles

And then there was the invasion

The green city

Yevhen Spirin, journalist

Both in Heaven and on Earth

Baby and Pippi

One hundred days in the barracks

Explosion of a sewing machine and an umbrella

Eat, kill, grief, repeat

The catcher over missile craters

A little big evil

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Lara Yakovenko, artist

A symbol of faith

Call sign for job

Requiem for Tarantino

Inhale. Inhale

Tetyana Mykhed, literary scholar

Bue van

White van. Anya and the children of war

Soil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0241690846

9780241690840

OCLC:

1402244438

Publisher Number:

99996672054