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My Women

My Women
  • Author(s): Yuliia Iliukha, Hanna Leliv (Translator)
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): In Translation, Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Yuliia Iliukha’s My Women, translated from Ukrainian by Hanna Leliv, is an urgent and poignant story collection of women confronted by the countless brutalities of war. It locates the voices and devastating experiences of those who have been silenced,...

Penguin Lost

Penguin Lost
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Viktor – last seen in Death and the Penguin fleeing Mafia vengeance on an Antarctica-bound flight booked for Penguin Misha – seizes a heaven-sent opportunity to return to Kiev with a new identity. Clear now as to the enormity...

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine
  • Author(s): Anne Applebaum
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Era(s): 1930s

In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With unprecedented authority and detail, Red Famine investigates how...

Rise of an Oligarch

Rise of an Oligarch
  • Author(s): Carlito Sofer, Nik Krasno
  • Location(s): Kyiv, London, Lugansk, Tel Aviv
  • Genre(s): Thriller

When Ukrainian oligarch Mikhail Vorotavich is close to achieving his ambition of topping the Forbes rich list, an assassination attempt leaves him in a coma and his vast business empire rapidly descends into turmoil. Laying in a hospital bed,...

Souvenirs from Kyiv

Souvenirs from Kyiv
  • Author(s): Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Historical, Short Stories
  • Era(s): WW2

‘Russia has been trying to wipe Ukraine off the world map for thousands of years. They haven’t succeeded yet. Now, I’m picking up my stone and throwing it at Goliath. I want people to understand. I want to save...

The Blackbird Girls

The Blackbird Girls
  • Author(s): Anne Blankman
  • Location(s): Ukraine, St Petersburg (Leningrad)
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): 1986 and 1941

Like Ruta Sepetys for middle grade, Anne Blankman pens a poignant and timeless story of friendship that twines together moments in underexplored history. On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red...

The Case of the General’s Thumb

The Case of the General’s Thumb
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Discover the international thriller, shot through with black satire and authentic detail, by one of Ukraine’s most highly acclaimed authors. When the corpse of a distinguished general and presidential adviser is found, attached to an advertising balloon, lieutenant Viktor...

The Diamond Eye

The Diamond Eye
  • Author(s): Kate Quinn
  • Location(s): Ukraine, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): WW2

In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko’s life revolves around her young son – until Hitler’s invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to save their country from the...

The Gardener from Ochakov

The Gardener from Ochakov
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov, Amanda Love Darragh (translator)
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): 1957 and early 21st century

Igor is confident his old Soviet policeman’s uniform will be the best costume at the party. But he hasn’t gone far before he realises something is wrong. The streets are unusually dark and empty, and the only person to...

The Good Angel of Death

The Good Angel of Death
  • Author(s): Andrey Kurkov, Andrew Bromfield (translator)
  • Location(s): Ukraine
  • Genre(s): Fiction, In Translation
  • Era(s): early 21st century

Discover this powerful dark satire from one of Ukraine’s most acclaimed authors. When Kolya moves into a new flat in Kyiv, he discovers an annotated manuscript hidden inside a copy of War and Peace and decides to track down...

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