I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Name: I Will Die in a Foreign Land
Author: Kalani Pickhart

Auteur: Kalani Pickhart

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Kalani Pickhart

Engels
Hardcover
9780857529305
22 september 2022
336 pagina's

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Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Award Best Book of the Year -New York Public Library, Cosmopolitan, Independent Book Review I tore through I Will Die in a Foreign Land... nothing has given me such a profound impression of what Ukrainians have endured as this intensely moving novel. Ron Charles, Washington Post In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Theatre de Champs-Elysees. Only a Russian could do that, says Aleksandr Ivanovich. Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad. A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square (Euromaidan) in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. The peaceful protests turned violent when military police shot live ammunition into the crowd, killing over a hundred civilians. I Will Die in a Foreign Land is a novel that follows four individuals over the course of a volatile Ukrainian winter, as their lives are changed forever by the Euromaidan protests. Katya is a Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic in St. Michael's Monastery; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, near Chernobyl, who has lived in Kyiv since his wife's death; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination in the face of persecution; and Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, climbs atop a burned-out police bus at Independence Square and plays the piano. As Katya, Misha, Slava, and Aleksandr's lives become intertwined, they each seek out love, redemption and meaning during a tumultuous and violent period. In this dazzling debut novel, Kalani Pickhart blends narrative, folklore, journalism and Slavic history to create a moving story of beauty and love in a time of terror, I Will Die in a Foreign Land is an ambitious, intimate, and haunting portrait of human perseverance and the will to survive.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 22 september 2022
Aantal pagina's: 336

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Hoofdauteur: Kalani Pickhart
Hoofduitgeverij: Doubleday

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Product breedte: 144 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 222 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 144 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm
Verpakking lengte: 222 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 453 g

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EAN: 9780857529305

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Categorieën: Literatuur & Romans

Historische romans

Literaire romans

Oorlogsromans

Boeken
Taal: Engels
Boek, ebook of luisterboek?: Boek
Periode: ca. 1800-1910
Land: Rusland, Oekraine

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