A mondegreen is something that is heard improperly by someone who
then clings to that misinterpretation as fact. Fittingly, Volodymyr
Rafeyenko's novel Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love explores
the ways that memory and language construct our identity, and how
we hold on to it no matter what. The novel tells the story of Haba
Habinsky, a refugee from Ukraine's Donbas region, who has escaped
to the capital city of Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian
war. His physical dislocation-and his subsequent willful adoption
of the Ukrainian language-place the protagonist in a state of
disorientation during which he is forced to challenge his
convictions. Written in beautiful, experimental style, the novel
shows how people-and cities-are capable of radical transformation
and how this, in turn, affects their interpersonal relations and
cultural identification. Taking on crucial topics stirred by
Russian aggression that began in 2014, the novel stands out for the
innovative and probing manner in which it dissects them, while
providing a fresh Donbas perspective on Ukrainian identity.
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