Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A Harvest Truce

by Serhiy Zhadan

Description

Brothers Anton and Tolik reunite at their family home to bury their recently deceased mother. An otherwise natural ritual unfolds under extraordinary circumstances: their house is on the front line of a war ignited by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Isolated without power or running water, the brothers’ best hope for success and survival lies in the declared cease-fire - the harvest truce. But such hopes are swiftly dashed, as it becomes apparent that the conflagration of war will not abate. Serhiy Zhadan’s A Harvest Truce stages a tragicomedy in which the commonplace experiences of death, birth, and the cycles of life marked by the practices of growing and harvesting food are rendered futile and farcical in the wake of the indifferent juggernaut of war.

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Author Biography

Poet, novelist, translator, essayist, musician and radio presenter. Born in 1974 in Starobilsk. He graduated from the Faculty of Ukrainian-German Philology of Kharkiv Pedagogical University named after H. Skovoroda. Since 2004, he has been an independent writer. Serhiy Zhadan's literary works have received numerous national and international awards (Angelus, Vasyl Stus Prize, Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, etc.) and have been translated into more than twenty languages, making the author one of the most famous modern Ukrainian writers. Serhiy Zhadan is an active organizer of the literary life of Ukraine and a participant in multimedia art projects. Frontman of music groups "Zhadan and Dogs" and "Mannerheim Line". Founder of "Serhiy Zhadan Charitable Foundation" (2017)

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Meridian Czernowitz
  • Publication Date 2020
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9786177807048
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages128
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleХлібне перемир’я
  • Original Language AuthorsCергій Жадан

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