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The Gates of Europe
"The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine" by Serhii Plokhy offers a comprehensive and captivating account of Ukraine's struggle for identity and sovereignty through the turbulent currents of history. Plokhy masterfully… see more
Death and the Penguin
"Death and the Penguin" by Andrey Kurkov is a darkly comic novel set against the backdrop of post-Soviet Kyiv, a city imbued with a mix of melancholy and absurdity that mirrors the life of its protagonist, Viktor Zolotar… see more
The Silver Bone
"The Silver Bone" by Andrey Kurkov is a gritty, magical realist crime novel set in 1919 Kyiv. It follows Samson, a teenage orphan who gains supernatural hearing after losing an ear to Cossacks. As post-WWI Ukraine is thr… see more
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