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The Orphanage
A Novel
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The Orphanage
A searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine
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A devastating story of the struggle of civilians caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. When hostile soldiers invade a neighbouring city, Pasha, a thirty-five-year-old Ukrainian language teacher, sets out for the orphanage where his nephew Sasha lives, now in occupied territory. Venturing into combat zones, traversing shifting borders, and forging uneasy alliances along the way, Pasha realises where his true loyalties lie in an increasingly desperate fight to rescue Sasha and bring him home.
Written with a raw intensity, this is a deeply personal account of violence that will be remembered as the definitive novel of the war in Ukraine.
Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
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The Orphanage is a powerful depiction of the turmoil in Eastern Ukraine, brilliantly translated by Reilly Costigan‑Humes and Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler. Critics praise its vivid and lyrical prose, capturing both the sensory and visceral experiences of conflict. The book has been recognised with several accolades, including being shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize in 2022 and winning the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2022 Literature Award.
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ISBN: 9780300243017
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 April 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes
- Translated by Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler
- Translated by Reilly Costigan-Humes
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 363g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Serhiy Zhadan, recipient of the 2022 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought and the 2022 German Peace Prize, is widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine. He has received several international literature prizes and has twice won BBC Ukraine’s Book of the Year award. His previous books include Mesopotamia and What We Live For, What We Die For: Selected Poems. Reilly Costigan‑Humes translates literature from the Ukrainian and Russian. Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler is a translator and poet.
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