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This is an award-winning exploration of both the histories and
personal stories of fourteen ethnic minority groups living within
the boundaries of present-day Ukraine: Czechs and Slovaks,
Meskhetian Turks, Swedes, Romanians, Hungarians, Roma, Jews,
Liptaks, Gagauzes, Germans, Vlachs, Poles, Crimean Tatars, and
Armenians. Based on a combination of academic research, fieldwork,
and interviews, Olesya Yaremchuks literary reportages paint
realistic, thoughtful, and historically informed depictions of how
these various groups arrived in Ukraine and how they have fared
within the countrys borders. Accompanied by vivid photographs that
bring the reportages to life, Our Others is in some respects a
chronicle of the myriad voluntary and forced migrations that have
rolled through Ukraine for centuries. Simultaneously, the book
offers a tender -- and timely -- study of the little islands of
cultural diversity in Ukraine that have survived the Soviet
steamroller of planned linguistic, cultural, and religious
unification and that deserve acknowledgement in Ukraines broader
cultural identity. The volumes contributors are: Marta Barnych
(contributing co-author), Anton Semyzhenko (contributing
co-author), Ostap Slyvynsky (foreword)
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Cappy and the Whale (Hardcover)
Kateryna Babkina; Illustrated by Julia Pylypchatina; Translated by Hanna Leliv
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R355
R277
Discovery Miles 2 770
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Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, and with
beautiful colour illustrations throughout, Cappy and The Whale is a
unique and wonderful Ukrainian story which Puffin are proud to
publish in English for the very first time. One morning I glanced
out the window and saw a whale floating in the sky. The whale was
blue and grey, large and clumsy, yet he was just rolling along and
gliding on the warm sunny breeze with surprising grace. When
eight-year-old Cappy discovers a whale swimming outside of his
bedroom window, it's fair to say he's quite surprised. Given how
long he's spent in hospital, Cappy has had plenty of time to read a
LOT of books on animals, and he's never heard of a whale that can
fly. What with his leukaemia, Cappy's used to not being allowed to
do things he wants - like eating sweets, playing with dogs, or
roaming too far from his protective family - so he's delighted when
the amazing whale not only speaks to him, but asks him to join him
for a ride in the sky. Soon, Cappy and the whale are the best of
friends, and together they will go on an amazing journey of
imagination, hope and curiosity. To mark the publication of this
book in hardback, Puffin is donating GBP5000 to the National
Literacy Trust's campaign to support Ukrainian child refugees.
Puffin does not expect to make a profit from this title, but any
publisher profits driven by sales of the hardback book will
additionally be donated. More information on the scheme can be
found at: www.literacytrust.org.uk/ukraineappeal
The 1,000-square-mile Chornobyl Exclusion Zone is, for many, a
symbol of total disaster: a reminder of shattered ideals and lost
lives, now a toxic, dangerous no-man's-land. For Markiyan Kamysh,
it became a site of pilgrimage. He and dozens like him call
themselves 'stalkers': wild adventurers who sneak past border
patrols to spend days getting lost in this apocalyptic environment
of dense swampland and desolate villages. Kamysh, the son of a
Chornobyl disaster liquidator, takes us with him into this alien
world. In electric prose that captures the spectral beauty of the
Zone and the reckless spirit of the stalkers, Kamysh tells of
hallucinatory journeys alone amid the rusted ruins, of frantic
brushes with police and moments of ecstatic oblivion in the
wasteland. Written with gonzo energy and brash lyricism, Stalking
the Atomic City is a vital, singular document of this dystopian
reality.
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