Oksana Zabuzhko

In 2003, television journalist Daryna Goshchynska unearths a worn photograph of Olena Dovgan, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army killed in 1947 by Stalin's secret police, and unwittingly opens a door to the abandoned secrets of three disparate women.

The Museum of Abandoned Secrets

Oksana Zabuzhko, author of "the most influential Ukrainian book in the fifteen years since independence," Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, returns with a gripping short story collection. Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine's leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves. From the triumph of the Orange Revolution, which marked the start of the twenty-first century, to domestic victories in matchmaking, sibling rivalry, and even tennis, Zabuzhko manages to shock the reader by juxtaposing things as they are--inarguable, visible to the naked eye--with how things could be, weaving myth and fairy tale into pivotal moments just as we weave a satisfying narrative arc into our own personal mythologies. At once intimate and worldly, these stories resonate with Zabuzhko's irreverent and prescient voice, echoing long after reading.

Stories

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Originally published in Ukrainian (Kyiv: Zhoda, 1996).

Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex

Serhiy Zhadan

Halyna Kruk

Volodymyr Rafeyenko

Taras Prokhasko

Ivan Malkovych

Stanislav Aseyev

Ihor Kalynets

Yuri Izdryk

Yuri Andruhovych

Ivan Andrusiak

Lyubko Deresh

Pavlo Korobchuk

Borys Khersonsky

Kostiantyn Moskalets

Svitlana Povalyaeva

Andriy Bondar

Tamara Duda

Lyuba Yakimchuk

Oleksiy Chupa

Iya Kiva

Olaf Clemensen

Olena Herasymyuk

Yuliya Musakovska

Olena Stiazhkina

Oksana Lutsyshyna

Vasyl Makhno

Voices of Freedom: Contemporary Writing From Ukraine is a collection of Ukrainian writing that aims to introduce the English-speaking world to some of the most iconic as well as emerging living writers whose work is shaping contemporary Ukraine. These are leading intellectuals and moral authorities for the Ukrainian people, whose voices and opinions have helped to synchronize the internal compasses of Ukrainian society in the struggle for the freedom of their country. Through poetry, short stories, and essays, this collection demonstrates that the desire for freedom and the struggle to achieve it is a theme that cuts across generations of Ukrainian writers and is a central preoccupation of Ukrainian society.This collection demonstrates the unique style and artistry of contemporary Ukrainian literature over the past 50 years. The curated poetry is an instant reaction to the events taking place today, which speaks directly to this current moment and the national psyche. The short stories sensitize readers to Ukraine's indivisible history and the present. These are accounts of the memory of generations, choices and transitions, self-irony, friendship, love, and the powerful significance of home. The essays showcase the voices of contemporary Ukrainian intellectuals, providing analysis and reflection on what is happening in the present, showing historical connections and parallels, and shedding light on the origins and triggers of war on a mental level.The collection that follows is the story of Ukraine, in the voice of Ukrainians.

Contemporary Writing From Ukraine

Voices of Freedom

Oksana Zabuzhko

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