{"product_id":"the-ukraine-paperback","title":"The Ukraine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArtem Chapeye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eZenia Tompkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunning debut collection of fiction and creative nonfiction-- irreverent and unglorified; loving and tender; uncomfortable and inconvenient--by a Ukrainian writer currently fighting for his country in Kyiv. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes the celebrated title story \"The Ukraine,\" which was published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of 26 pieces that deliberately blur the line between nonfiction and fiction, conjuring the essence of a beloved country through its tastes, smells, and sounds, its small towns and big cities, its people and their compassion and indifference, simplicities and complications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn the title story, Chapeye facetiously plays with the English misuse of the article \"the\" in reference to Ukraine, capturing a country as perceived from the outside, by foreigners. That pseudo-kitsch, often historically shallow, and not-quite-real Ukraine resonates because of its highly engaging and brutally candid snapshots of ordinary lives and typical places.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn \"One Soul per Home\" an elderly woman laments that the men are dying and the young are leaving for the cities, changing the face of her small town;\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIn \"The Unscrupulous Spirit of the Provinces,\" a couple of unspecified gender get stoned and go to church; and in \"False Premises,\" a man romanticizes his younger years working for a Soviet fishing fleet only to reconstruct his nostalgia in the face of Putin's Russia.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e conveys to readers a place that Chapeye and his countrymen are currently fighting for with their lives. The book features a preface by the author, which he composed on his phone from the front lines.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn author of both creative nonfiction and popular fiction, \u003cb\u003eARTEM CHAPEYE\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in the small Western Ukrainian city of Kolomyia and has spent much of the last twenty years living in Kyiv. He is the author of two novels and four books of creative nonfiction, and is a co-author of a book of war reportage. A four-time finalist of the BBC Book of the Year Award, his recent collection \u003ci\u003eThe Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e was one of three finalists in the award's new nonfiction category in 2018. Artem is an avid traveler who spent close to two years living, working, and traveling in the U.S. and Central America--an experience that has greatly informed his writing. His work has been translated into seven languages, and has appeared in English in the \u003ci\u003eBest European Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e anthology and in publications such as \u003ci\u003eRefugees Worldwide\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Marian Schwartz. Artem is a past recipient of the Central European Initiative Fellowship for Writers in Residence (Slovenia) and the Paul Celan Fellowship for Translators (Austria), as well as a finalist of the Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism. He serves on the board of PEN Ukraine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZENIA TOMPKINS \u003c\/b\u003eis an American literary translator and founder of The Tompkins Agency for Ukrainian Literature in Translation (TAULT, tault.org). Her published books include adult fiction, adult nonfiction, and children's. Zenia's work as a translator and promoter of Ukrainian literature has been featured by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC Radio, National Public Radio, and Public Radio International. She is devoting 2023 and 2024 to working exclusively with Ukrainian authors who have enlisted in Ukraine's armed forces since the Russian invasion. Since its inception in 2019, TAULT has worked with over one hundred of Ukraine's top and emerging authors.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752614068512,"sku":"9781644212950","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8375387249dfd2d11f442c7f78de7c4.webp?v=1780000026","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ukraine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}