Kharkiv--A War City: A Collection of Essays from 2022-24 - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Viktoriia GrivinaSeries:Ukrainian VoicesPublish date:03/03/25Pages:150
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ibidem PressISBN-13:9783838219882ISBN-10:3838219880UPC:9783838219882Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:EssaysProduct ID:SCM5KCMTST
This unique collection of essays offers a glimpse into life in and around Kharkiv during the first two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A Kharkiv native, Vikoriia Grivina reflects on living in a city where days are full of poetry readings and gallery openings, while nights are saturated with air raids and explosions.
The chronicle of everyday life is layered with inquiries into the urban history and mythology of the 20th-century Kharkiv, a look at the city's decolonial processes, new activist communities, and also the re-discovery of the 1920s literary movement known as the Ukrainian Executed Renaissance. The collection also comprises a fictional story that explores some of the darker, irrational fears and imaginations of urban dwellers during war.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Ibidem PressISBN-13:9783838219882ISBN-10:3838219880UPC:9783838219882Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:EssaysProduct ID:SCM5KCMTST
Vikoriia Grivina holds two Master's degrees in English and German linguistics of Kharkiv National University, and in Cultural Studies via the Erasmus Mundus program at the universities of T?bingen, Bergamo, and St Andrews. From 2020 to 2021, she worked at the (Un)Archiving (Post)Industry project that received the European Heritage Europa Nostra 2023 Award. Since 2021, she is working on her PhD thesis at St Andrews University, studying the war-time transformations in Kharkiv. In 2023, her book proposal, Potatoes and Other Hobbies, was shortlisted for the Nan Shepherd Prize in the UK. With Viktoriia Ivanova she has co-authored a series of animations, Khastoria: Kharkiv Legends. Grivina's essays have been published in Tint Journal, minor literature(s), The Conversation, LB.ua, Transitions Online, Fiery Scribe Review, and other outlets.
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