Description
| Product ID: | 9780857529305 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | I Will Die in a Foreign Land |
| Authors: | Author: Kalani Pickhart |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical fiction, War & combat fiction, Historical fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating KeynoteSet during the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, a unique and dazzling debut fiction - that has already gained praise and prizes - that combines history, folklore, oral history and news reports to give a human face and understanding to the complexity of today's conflict. Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions AwardBest 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 PostIn 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new The tre 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Doubleday |
| Publisher Name: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-22 |
