Looking at women looking at war : a war and justice diary / Victoria Amelina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amelina, Viktorii︠a︡, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amelina, Viktorii︠a︡--Diaries.

Amelina, Viktorii︠a︡.

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

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-.

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

Authors, Ukrainian.

Women and war--Ukraine.

Women and war.

Genre:

Diaries.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Destined to be a classic, a poet's powerful look at the courage of resistance When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, who documented tens of thousands of war crimes and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and Yulia, a librarian who helped uncover the abduction and murder of a children's book author. Everyone in Ukraine knew that Amelina was documenting the war. She photographed the ruins of schools and cultural centers; she recorded the testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses to atrocities. And she slowly turned back into a storyteller, writing what would become this book. On the evening of June 27th, 2023, Amelina and three international writers stopped for dinner in the embattled Donetsk region. When a Russian cruise missile hit the restaurant, Amelina suffered grievous head injuries, and lost consciousness. She died on July 1st. She was thirty-seven. She left behind an incredible account of the ravages of war and the cost of resistance. Honest, intimate, and wry, this book will be celebrated as a classic"-- Provided by publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781250367686

1250367689

OCLC:

1429656497