Black Earth: A Journey through Ukraine: Armchair Traveller
Autor Jens Mühling Traducere de Eugene H. Hayworthen Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 ian 2023
An in-depth exploration of Ukraine through encounters with the many different people who live there.
“Will someone pay for the spilled blood? No. Nobody.” Mikhail Bulgakov composed this ominous and prophetic phrase in Kiev amid the turmoil of the Russian civil war. Since then, Ukrainian borders have shifted constantly, and its people have suffered numerous military foreign interventions. Ukraine has only existed as an independent state since 1991, and what exactly it was before then is controversial among its people as well as its European neighbors.
In Black Earth: A Journey through the Ukraine, journalist and celebrated travel writer Jens Mühling takes readers across the country amid the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Mühling delves deep into daily life in Ukraine, narrating his encounters with Ukrainian nationalists and old communists, Crimean Tatars and Cossacks, smugglers, and soldiers. Black Earth connects all these stories to convey an unconventional and unfiltered view of Ukraine, a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and the center of countless conflicts.
In this paperback edition, a new preface is included that takes into account recent developments up to the 2022 war between Russia and Ukraine.
“Will someone pay for the spilled blood? No. Nobody.” Mikhail Bulgakov composed this ominous and prophetic phrase in Kiev amid the turmoil of the Russian civil war. Since then, Ukrainian borders have shifted constantly, and its people have suffered numerous military foreign interventions. Ukraine has only existed as an independent state since 1991, and what exactly it was before then is controversial among its people as well as its European neighbors.
In Black Earth: A Journey through the Ukraine, journalist and celebrated travel writer Jens Mühling takes readers across the country amid the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Mühling delves deep into daily life in Ukraine, narrating his encounters with Ukrainian nationalists and old communists, Crimean Tatars and Cossacks, smugglers, and soldiers. Black Earth connects all these stories to convey an unconventional and unfiltered view of Ukraine, a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia and the center of countless conflicts.
In this paperback edition, a new preface is included that takes into account recent developments up to the 2022 war between Russia and Ukraine.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781914982002
ISBN-10: 1914982002
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 1 map
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
Seria Armchair Traveller
ISBN-10: 1914982002
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 1 map
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: HAUS PUBLISHING
Colecția Haus Publishing
Seria Armchair Traveller
Notă biografică
Jens Mühling is the author of A Journey into Russia, Troubled Water, and award-winning features and essays on Eastern Europe. He has won numerous awards for his features and essays on Eastern Europe.
Cuprins
Preface xi
1. A Finger on a Map 1
Przemysl-Medyka
2. The Ant Trail 11
Medyka-Shehyni
3. The Love Story of Inge and Bohdan 21
Munich, 1959
4. The Love Story of SC-108 and SD-214 33
Lviv
5. In the Middle of Whatever 55
Dilove-Rakhiv
6. Dr. Stumpp Celebrates a Sad Christmas 77
Berdychiv, 1941
7. Scrape Your Strings Darker 91
Chernivtsi
8. The Miracle of Kalynivka 105
Vinnytsia-Kalynivka
9. At Rabbi Nachman's Grave 121
Uman
10. Philip and the Thief 149
Kiev
11. A German Village 191
Odessa-Dobroolexandrivka
12. Revenge of the Scythians 211
Simferopol-Sevastopol-Bakhchisaray
13. A Handful of Acorns 241
Kherson-Zaporizhia
14. The Love Story of
Kovyl and Tipchak 249
Donetsk-Novoazovsk
15. Friendship of Peoples Street 283
Milove
Acknowledgements 293
1. A Finger on a Map 1
Przemysl-Medyka
2. The Ant Trail 11
Medyka-Shehyni
3. The Love Story of Inge and Bohdan 21
Munich, 1959
4. The Love Story of SC-108 and SD-214 33
Lviv
5. In the Middle of Whatever 55
Dilove-Rakhiv
6. Dr. Stumpp Celebrates a Sad Christmas 77
Berdychiv, 1941
7. Scrape Your Strings Darker 91
Chernivtsi
8. The Miracle of Kalynivka 105
Vinnytsia-Kalynivka
9. At Rabbi Nachman's Grave 121
Uman
10. Philip and the Thief 149
Kiev
11. A German Village 191
Odessa-Dobroolexandrivka
12. Revenge of the Scythians 211
Simferopol-Sevastopol-Bakhchisaray
13. A Handful of Acorns 241
Kherson-Zaporizhia
14. The Love Story of
Kovyl and Tipchak 249
Donetsk-Novoazovsk
15. Friendship of Peoples Street 283
Milove
Acknowledgements 293
Recenzii
"A sprightly and informative read, of a journey through a part of the world that Mühling obviously loves. He has a sharp eye and a warm heart."
"Mühling is a delightful travel companion but Black Earth is much more than just a travel book. In his encounters with a diverse cast of Ukrainians Mühling elicits stories about the past and present of their country, which are moving, disturbing, funny and captivating—or all at once. The result is a rich polyphonic portrait of Ukraine. Black Earth is essential reading on the country that is now one everyone's mind."