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The Face of Fire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nikitin, Oleksii.
- Series:
- Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature Series
- Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature Series ; v.22
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (732 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- In the wake of the horrors of civil war, the Holodomor, and Stalin's purges, the young Jewish boxer Ilya Goldinov and his wife, Feliksa, are looking ahead to a brighter future in Kyiv.Ilya, the top heavyweight boxer of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic, is primed for victory as champion of the entire Soviet Union.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Editorial Note
- Kyiv Odysseys of Oleksii Nikitin: An Introduction to The Face of Fire
- Preface to the English-Language Edition
- List of Characters
- Chapter One. Interrogations and Recollections
- Chapter Two. Saplivenko's Gang
- Chapter Three. A Hot August and a Long Tuesday
- Chapter Four. Two Houses by the River
- Chapter Five. Red Silk, Burgundy Flowers
- Chapter Six. Hit Him!
- Chapter Seven. A Phonograph with No Record
- Chapter Eight. "The Wood's Asleep, the Night-Owls Hoot"
- Chapter Nine. Other Rivers, Other Shores
- Chapter Ten. Across the Dnipro
- Chapter Eleven. Other Rivers, Other Shores (Continued)
- Chapter Twelve. Stalag 346
- Chapter Thirteen. A Blue Railwayman's Jacket
- Chapter Fourteen. Wealthy Guests
- Chapter Fifteen. The Fist of the Dictatorship
- Chapter Sixteen. The "Doctor" File
- Chapter Seventeen. The Prayers of Rebbe Nachum
- Chapter Eighteen. Shtoltser Foygl
- Chapter Nineteen. Chance and Necessity
- Chapter Twenty. Letters from Nowhere
- Chapter Twenty-One. Paying Old Debts
- Chapter Twenty-Two. A Shattered Mosaic
- Chapter Twenty-Three. No Further Assignments
- Chapter Twenty-Four. Homecomings
- Chapter Twenty-Five. A Scary Story
- File No. 27072. In Lieu of an Afterword.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nikitin, Oleksii The Face of Fire
- ISBN:
- 9780674304352
- OCLC:
- 1603125494
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