The pearls of Ukrainian literature

If you want to understand a country, you must read its literature. But only a handful of books have been translated from Ukrainian into Dutch. What counts as Ukrainian literature at all? And which works need to be translated? Thomas de Veen discusses the pearls of the Ukrainian literary tradition with Michel Krielaars and Eva Peek.

The books discussed:

Serhi Zjadan – Voroshylovhrad

Andrey Kurkov – Diary of Maydan

Mike Johansen – The Journey of Doctor Leonardo

Isaac Babel – The Red Horseman

Konstantin Paustovsky – Distant Years – Memories from Tsarist Russia

Yuri Andrukhovych – My Final Territory: Selected Essays

Vasili Grossman – Life and Lot

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