An acclaimed novelist offers Ukrainian dispatches from the heart of Kiev -16°C; sunlight; silence. I drove the children to school; then went to see the revolution. I walked between the tents. Talked with revÂolutionaries. They were weary today. The air was thick with the smell of old campfires. Ukraine Diaries is acclaimed writer Andrey Kurkov’s first-hand account of the ongoing crisis in his country. From his flat in Kiev; just 500 yards from Independence Square; Kurkov can smell the burning barricades and hear the sounds of grenades and gunshot. Kurkov’s diaries begin on the first day of the pro-European protests in November; and describe the violent clashes in the Maidan; the impeachment of Yanukovcyh; Russia’s annexation of Crimea; and the separatist uprisings in the east of Ukraine. Going beyond the headlines; they give vivid insight into what it’s like to live through—and try to make sense of—times of intense political unrest.
#3453436 in Books Berghahn Books 2014-05-30 2007-09-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .72 x 5.98l; 1.02 #File Name: 1845455053348 pages
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