In Isolation - Dispatches From Occupied Donbas

In this collection of dispatches, Stanislav Aseyev attempts to understand the reasons behind the success of Russian propaganda among the residents of the industrial region of Donbas. For the first time, an inside account shows the toll on real human lives and civic freedoms that citizens continue to suffer in Russiäs hybrid war on its territory.

Info autore

Stanislav Aseyev is a Donetsk-born Ukrainian writer and journalist. In addition to two books recounting his experience under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine, he is the author of a collection of poetry, a play, and a novel. Under the pen name Stanislav Vasin, he published short reports in the Ukrainian press on the outbreak of Russian-sponsored military hostilities in Donbas. Arrested and unlawfully imprisoned by separatist militia forces for “extremism” and “spying,” Aseyev was held captive and subjected to intermittent torture. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Taras Shevchenko National Prize for In Isolation.

Riassunto

In this collection of dispatches, Stanislav Aseyev attempts to understand the reasons behind the success of Russian propaganda among the residents of the industrial region of Donbas. For the first time, an inside account shows the toll on real human lives and civic freedoms that citizens continue to suffer in Russia’s hybrid war on its territory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stanislav Aseyev
• Con la collaborazione di: Lidia Wolanskyj (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780674268784
• ISBN: 978-0-674-26878-4
• Pagine: 320
• Serie: Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Ukraine, Russia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Memoirs, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Slavic Languages (Other), Language: reference & general, Translation and interpretation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Eastern, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Soviet