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Black square : adventures in post-Soviet Ukraine / Sophie Pinkham.

by Pinkham, Sophie.

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W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Ukraine -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.

Ukraine -- History -- 1991-

Ukraine -- Politics and government -- 1991-

9780393247978 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Adventures in post-Soviet Ukraine

First American edition.

xv, 288 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

New worlds -- The Paris of Siberia -- Resurrection -- City of gardens, city of ravines -- Men's day -- Living together -- Buckwheat and rye -- Carpathian cowboys -- The people's music -- The last Jew in Stalindorf -- The kingdom of the dead -- Revolution -- Dreaming of Europe -- Are you alive, brother -- Masks and monuments -- Reunion -- The wild steppe -- War and peace -- Heroes don't die -- Crashing -- New Year in Kiev -- Rocket city -- Victory day -- A note on sources.

"This captivating narrative blends politics, history, and reportage in a street-level account of a vexing and troubled region. An evocative, multidimensional portrait of Ukrainian life under the shadow of Putin. Sophie Pinkham draws us into the fascinating lives of her contemporaries - a generation that came of age after the fall of the USSR, only to see protestors shot on Kiev's main square, Maidan; Crimea annexed by Russia; and a bitter war in eastern Ukraine. Amid the rubble, Pinkham tells stories that convey a youth culture flourishing within a tragically corrupt state. We meet a charismatic, drug-addicted doctor helping to smooth the transition to democracy, a Bolano-esque art gallerist prone to public nudity, and a Russian Jewish clarinetist agitating for Ukrainian liberation. With a deep knowledge of Slavic literature and a keen, outsider's eye for the dark absurdity of post-Soviet society, Pinkham delivers an indelible impression of a country on the brink."--Provided by publisher.

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