Ukraine 22 - Ukrainian Writers Respond to War
Collectif2023

« Life had lost its sense and its direction and storyline, too. We didn’t understand how and where to live. What kind of story will flow from what we managed to sense in the first days of the war? Are we really still alive or are we just dreaming about one another? »

On 24 February 2022, the lives of Ukrainians were devastatingly altered. Since that day, many of Ukraine’s writers have attempted to fathom what is happening to them and to their country. This anthology brings together writing from inside Ukraine, by Ukrainians, available in English for the first time. Here they document everyday life, ponder the role of culture amid conflict, denounce Russian imperialism and revisit their relations with the world, especially Europe and its ideals, as they try to comprehend the horrors of war.