| Edition |
First edition |
| Descript |
241 pages 21 cm |
| Note |
"Previously published as Pislya tretioho dzvinka vhid do zaly zaboronyayetsia by Komora Publishing House in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2017"--Verso title page |
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"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"--Back cover |
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Translated from the Ukrainian |
| Content |
"Oh sister, my sister" / translated by Halyna Hryn -- Girls / translated by Askold Melnyczuk. -- "The tale of the Guelder rose flute" / translated by Halyna Hryn and Nina Murray -- "I, Milena" / translated by Marco Carynnyk and Marta Horban, edited with additional translation by Nina Murray -- "An album for Gustav" / translated by Nina Murray -- "Your ad could go here" / translated by Nina Murray -- "The tennis instructor / translated by Halyna Hryn -- "No entry to the performance hall after the third bell" / translated by Halyna Hryn |
| Subject |
2000-talet
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Orangea revolutionen, Ukraina, 2004
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Ukraina
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Ukraine -- History -- Orange Revolution, 2004 -- Fiction
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Ukraine -- History -- 21st century -- Fiction
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Noveller
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Short stories.
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| Classmark |
891.7934
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| Alt Auth |
Shevchuk-Murray, Nina
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| Cover title |
Your ad could go here : stories |
| Translation |
Pislya tretioho dzvinka vhid do zaly zaboronyayetsia Engelska
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781542019422 (hardcover) |
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1542019427 (hardcover) |
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