The Length of Days - An Urban Ballad (Paperback)

The Length of Days features a wild cast of characters-Lithuanian, Russian, and Ukrainian-and cameo appearances by Rosa Luxemburg, Amy Winehouse, and others. Embedded narratives attributed to one character, an alcoholic chemist-turned-massage-therapist, broaden the reader's view of the funny, ironic, or tragic lives of people who remained in the ill-fated Donbas after Russia's initial aggression in 2014. Unexpected allies emerge to try to stop the war, as characters criticize Ukraine's government at the time, its self-interest, and failures to support its citizens in the east. With elements of magical realism, the work combines poetry and a wicked sense of humor with depth of political analysis, philosophy, and moral interrogation. Witty references to popular culture-Ukrainian and European-underline the international and transnational aspects of Ukrainian literature. The novel ends on a hopeful note even though by then the main characters have already died twice: they return with greater power each time. As the author's last novel written originally in the Russian language, The Length of Days is a deeply Ukrainian work, set mostly in the composite Donbas city of Z-an uncanny foretelling of what this letter has come to symbolize since February 24, 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Volodymyr Rafeyenko
Translators:	Sibelan Forrester
Introduction by:	Marci Shore
Dimensions:	203 x 127mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-29121-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Russian
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > General
LSN:	0-674-29121-2
Barcode:	9780674291218

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