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The Lost Button (Paperback)
Irene Rozdobudko; Edited by Michael Naydan, Olha Titarenko
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R473
Discovery Miles 4 730
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In early 80's Ukraine is stricken by perestroika and struggles for
"democracy", Afghanistan is in flames of a war where hundreds of
eighteen-year-old youths are killed every day. Their peer, Dan, a
student of cinematography, hardly cares about social problems
anywhere on the planet. But one fatal encounter with a mysterious
young lady in a picturesque corner of the Carpathians changes his
life forever. Unable to let go of his love after getting lost with
her in the woods for one beautiful night, the young man's
fascination with the actress turns into an obsession. He
deliberately goes through all the hell circles in Afghanistan,
striving to burn out the traces of his unrequited love. Years later
his native country just starts experiencing a real advertising boom
amidst which he finds a new way to apply his creative talent and
inner strengths. However, the past of his love rushes back into his
life and now this obsession takes him from one continent to
another. The taut psychological thriller The Lost Button keeps the
reader transfixed. The novel encompasses an entire era from the
mid-70s of the previous century till the modern day with its
geography stretching over the European region including Kiev, the
Ukraine's periphery, Russia and Montenegro, and at last the United
States. It explores evergreen concepts of love, devotion, and
betrayal and emphasizes the idea that whenever and wherever one
lives, a tiny detail like a lost button has the power to set off a
chain of events that would lead to either one's greatest happiness
or one's greatest tragedy. It is about not looking back, but always
valuing what you have - today and forever. The Lost Button received
first place in the "Coronation of the Word" competition in 2005 and
subsequently was made into a feature film.
Yuri Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine’s preeminent authors and
cultural commentators. In recognition of his literary writings and
his role as a public intellectual he has received numerous awards
including the Herder Prize, the Hannah Arendt Prize, and the Goethe
Medal. My Final Territory is a collection of Andrukhovych’s
philosophical, autobiographical, political, and literary essays,
demonstrating his enormous talent as an essayist to the
English-speaking world. This volume broadens Andrukhovych’s
international audience and will create a dialogue with anglophone
readers throughout the world in a number of fields including
philosophy, history, journalism, political science, sociology, and
anthropology. In their introduction, Mark Andryczyk and Michael M.
Naydan reveal a somewhat lesser-known side of Andrukhovych’s
writings that places him alongside such writers as recent
Belarusian Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich. Eleven of the
fourteen essays in this volume, including his seminal work
"Central-Eastern Revision" and a brand-new essay on the
Russo-Ukrainian War, appear here for the first time in English. My
Final Territory showcases Yuri Andrukhovych’s unique voice and
provides insight into the Ukrainian experience of nationality and
identity.
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Strolls with Pushkin (Paperback)
Andrei Sinyavsky; Translated by Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Slava Yastremski; Contributions by Michael Naydan, Olha Tytarenko
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R507
R383
Discovery Miles 3 830
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Andrei Sinyavsky wrote Strolls with Pushkin while confined to
Dubrovlag, a Soviet labor camp, smuggling the pages out a few at a
time to his wife. His irreverent portrait of Pushkin outraged
emigres and Soviet scholars alike, yet his "disrespect" was meant
only to rescue Pushkin from the stifling cult of personality that
had risen up around him. Anglophone readers who question the
longstanding adoration for Pushkin felt by generations of Russians
will enjoy tagging along on Sinyavsky's strolls with the great
poet, discussing his life, fiction, and famously untranslatable
poems. This new edition of Strolls with Pushkin also includes a
later essay Sinyavsky wrote on the artist, "Journey to the River
Black."
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Strolls with Pushkin (Hardcover)
Andrei Sinyavsky; Translated by Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Slava Yastremski; Contributions by Michael Naydan, Olha Tytarenko
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R1,035
R891
Discovery Miles 8 910
Save R144 (14%)
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Andrei Sinyavsky wrote Strolls with Pushkin while confined to
Dubrovlag, a Soviet labor camp, smuggling the pages out a few at a
time to his wife. His irreverent portrait of Pushkin outraged
emigres and Soviet scholars alike, yet his "disrespect" was meant
only to rescue Pushkin from the stifling cult of personality that
had risen up around him. Anglophone readers who question the
longstanding adoration for Pushkin felt by generations of Russians
will enjoy tagging along on Sinyavsky's strolls with the great
poet, discussing his life, fiction, and famously untranslatable
poems. This new edition of Strolls with Pushkin also includes a
later essay Sinyavsky wrote on the artist, "Journey to the River
Black."
Women's prose writing has exploded on the literary scene in Ukraine
just prior to and following Ukrainian independence in 1991. Over
the past two decades scores of fascinating new women authors have
emerged. These authors write in a wide variety of styles and genres
including short stories, novels, essays, and new journalism. In the
collection you will find: realism, magical realism, surrealism, the
fantastic, deeply intellectual writing, newly discovered feminist
perspectives, philosophical prose, psychological mysteries,
confessional prose, and much more.
Yuri Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine's preeminent authors and
cultural commentators. In recognition of his literary writings and
his role as public intellectual he has received numerous awards
including the Herder Prize, Hannah Arendt Prize, and the Goethe
Medal. My Final Territory is a collection of Andrukhovych's
philosophical, autobiographical, political, and literary essays,
which demonstrate his enormous talent as an essayist to the
English-speaking world. This volume broadens Andrukhovych's
international audience and will create a dialogue with Anglophone
readers throughout the world in a number of fields including
philosophy, history, journalism, political science, sociology, and
anthropology. In their introduction Michael Naydan and Mark
Andryczyk reveal a somewhat lesser-known side of Andrukhovych's
writings that place him alongside such writers as recent Belarusian
Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich. Ten of the twelve essays in
this volume, including his seminal work "Central-Eastern Revision,"
are appearing for the first time in English. My Final Territory
showcases Yuri Andrukhovych's unique voice and provides insight
into Ukrainian experience of nationality and identity.
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