Earth Gods - Writings From Before the War

Earth Gods: Writings from before the War collects in one book for the first time the early writings of Taras Prokhasko, one of Ukraine's most prominent contemporary writers. It spans genres and includes Anna's Other Days, transcriptions of radio addresses titled FM Galicia, and the novel The UnSimple.

About the author

Taras Prokhasko is a renowned Ukrainian writer, journalist, and essayist and a biologist by training. He has been recognized with the Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski Literary Award; Book of the Year Award, Ukraine; Yuri Shevelov Prize; and the BBC Ukraine Book of the Year Prize. For his collection of essays Yes, however he was awarded the prestigious National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine.Ali Kinsella has been translating from Ukrainian for ten years, including Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow: Poetry by Natalka Bilotserkivets with Dzvinia Orlowsky. A former Peace Corps volunteer, she lived in Ukraine for nearly five years.Mark Andryczyk teaches Ukrainian literature and is Associate Research Scholar in the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of The Intellectual as Hero in 1990s Ukrainian Fiction and has published translations of numerous Ukrainian poets and writers.Uilleam Blacker is Associate Professor in Comparative East European Culture at University College London. He is the author of Memory, the City, and the Legacy of World War II in East Central Europe and of numerous translations from Ukrainian and Russian.

Summary

Earth Gods: Writings from before the War collects in one book for the first time the early writings of Taras Prokhasko, one of Ukraine’s most prominent contemporary writers. It spans genres and includes Anna’s Other Days, transcriptions of radio addresses titled FM Galicia, and the novel The UnSimple.

Product details

• Authors: Taras Prokhasko
• Assisted by: Mark Andryczyk (Translation), Andryczyk Mark (Translation), Uilleam Blacker (Translation), Blacker Uilleam (Translation), Ali Kinsella (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.08.2024, delayed
• EAN: 9780674291164
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29116-4
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; Fantasy, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Magical Realism, Language: reference & general, Anthologies: general, FICTION / World Literature / Europe (General), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary