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I wanted to read something topical after the unbelievable happenings of the last week, and I decided to read Andrey Kurkov's 'Ukraine Diaries : Dispatches from Kiev'. Kurkov is one of the great contemporary Ukrainian writers and his novels are widely translated and read and well acclaimed. I loved his book 'A Matter of Death and Life' which I read last year. Kurkov wrote two books about the happenings in 2013-14 in Ukraine, which are called the 'Maidan protests' and the surrounding events. One o...
A contemporary account by the author of the upheaval experienced in Ukraine that started at the Euromaidan towards the end of 2013 and then was further escalated by the Russian invasion of Crimea all written from his viewpoint as a resident of Kiev and a Ukrainian of Russian heritage. The immediacy of his reports and the suffocating insecurity and concern about what may happen, the loss of certainties because of the Russian aggression in Crimea and the personal fears for his family’s wellbeing a...
Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov’s satirical works lampoon the post-Soviet landscape ... beginning with Death and the Penguin which introduced the unforgettable penguin Misha, liberated from #Kyiv zoo to the tender care of the hapless Viktor who scrapes a living by writing obituaries for a local newspaper.His most recent novel Grey Bees, set in the Grey Zone of Eastern Ukraine and in occupied Crimea, contains the following introduction: ‘The second half of this novel is, in some ways, my persona...
As it happened.
This is an important book for anyone who wants to learn more about the events in Ukraine that have taken place over the past several months.I trust the veracity of the narrative as it is in line with articles I have read and stories I have heard from my Ukrainian friends, and Andrey Kurkov's voice is one of civilian honesty and concern, and not overwhelming politics. In actual fact it is highly cynical of politics - though the author's own views become clear - and it does not look to preach to u...
The term revolution elicits very strong emotions; it is a very interesting phenomena that often evokes vivid images of heroism in the face of hardships, where the will of the many a weak and disenfranchised battle against the thorns of injustice imposed by the corrupt - but powerful - few in society. It's no secret that there is a certain romance at the heart of the whole concept that is nowhere more perfectly evident than the visualization of the French Revolution. Regardless of how much has be...
Good account of what has happened in Ukraine during the Madian Revolution in 2013-14. Starts off with a good concise recap of what happened in his eyes, but then kinda dissolves into a day by day account of what is going on in his life during the crisis. Interesting book to get a different perspective of the chaotic events in Ukraine.
Earlier this week I watched Station Eleven, alternately horrified and charmed. I was horrified by the devastation wrought by a flu that kills 99 percent of the world's population, of the idea of people dying alone in their apartments, cut off from their loved ones. But the world that emerges is still filled with art and parties and love. Later I thought, while reading Andrey Kurkov's Ukraine Diaries, that the end of the world isn't science fiction or fantasy. Kurkov is writing during a period of...
Much of this went over my head—I couldn’t keep the names straight because I couldn’t pronounce them, the cities blurred into one another. What I did understand, however, was certainly interesting and (occasionally) humorous, as the author is known for his satirical novels. Mostly, it was just heartbreaking how prescient it is eight years later.
I’m generally a fan of Kurkov’s novels, so I was keen to pick up this translation of his diaries regarding current events in Ukraine, from the start of the Euromaidan protests in November 2013 to the annexation of Crimea and the subsequent separatist uprisings in the east up to around mid-2014. People unfamiliar with Kurkov’s work might expect some serious, detailed investigative journalism about the Ukraine/Russia situation or at least a rabid anti-Putin diatribe. However, this is more of a sob...
The authors diary, from November 2013 to April 2014, living in the center of Kiev. Lots of interesting details, and thoughts on Ukraine. Stories about evenings with friends, getting the kids to school, and the future of Ukraine.
