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Reading Challenge A book by a Ukrainian author |
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Strong roots : a memoir of food, family, and Ukraine
by Olia Hercules
This is the story of a century in Ukraine told through four generations of one extraordinary family. It takes us from years of Russification, to Olia's grandmother's deportation to snowy wastelands under Stalin, to her aunt Zhenia's school protest, to her own parents' flight from Ukraine when their village was occupied in 2022. This is an ode to the land, to ideas of home and belonging, and to family stories and recipes passed down the generations--the tang of sour cherries, the best way to make borsch. It is an account of resilience in the hardest of circumstances. It brims with hope and fear. It lays bare the compromises and betrayals of generations struggling and surviving through war, peace, invasion, and exile. It is an uplifting reminder of how much the human spirit can endure when born from a land rich with strong roots.
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Letters of the alphabet go to war
by Lesyk Panasiuk
A bilingual poetry collection translated from the Ukrainian by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris, Letters of the Alphabet Go to War is Lesyk Panasiuk's remarkable account of living in Bucha, Ukraine, during the apex of war and brutality at the hands of the Russian military.
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A brief history of a long war : Ukraine's fight against Russian domination
by Mariam Naiem, illustrated by Yulia Vus and Ivan Kypibida
A beautifully illustrated and comprehensive graphic history of Ukraine's centuries-long struggle against Russian domination, from the Middle Ages to today's devastating war, by an award-winning journalist and Ukrainian cultural historian. Featuring gorgeous illustrations by Ukrainian artists Yulia Vus and Ivan Kypibida,A Brief History of a Long War is an ode to the moments of resistance and resilience from the Ukrainian people in the face of Russia's oppressive, colonial history.
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Endling
by Maria Reva
A surrealist novel that chronicles the struggles of three Ukrainian women and one extremely endangered snail through the travails of capitalism, foreign invasion, romance, and survival.
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Grey bees
by Andrey Kurkov
Sergey Sergeyich is one of the last residents of a Ukrainian village in the Grey Zone, a no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces in Crimea. Sergeyich's one pleasure in life is taking care of his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must move the bees to a place they can safely collect pollen. On his journey, he will meet people on both sides of the battle lines in a country torn by war and chaos.
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