{"product_id":"our-daily-war-hardcover","title":"Our Daily War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrey Kurkov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A vivid, moving and sometimes funny account of the reality of life during Russia's invasion,\" \u003cb\u003eMarc Bennetts, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Uplifting and utterly defiant,\" \u003cb\u003eMatt Nixson, \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"No-one with the slightest interest in this war, or the nation on which it is being waged, should fail to read Andrey Kurkov,\" \u003cb\u003eDominic Lawson, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrey Kurkov's war diaries continue: A profound and deeply personal chronicle of life under siege.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this second volume of his acclaimed war diaries, Ukraine's greatest living writer bears witness to a nation enduring the unendurable. From his home in Kyiv, Kurkov captures the surreal and the life-shattering: children learning algebra in metro stations turned bomb shelters, holidaymakers sunbathing on mined beaches, and farmers sowing fields shadowed by missile strikes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e On its eastern borders, Ukrainian citizens are put into \"filtration camps\", en route to Russia ... or to execution. To the north, Belarusian forces press refugees into service as mine detectors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a lived account - rich with startling vignettes, dark humor and devastating detail - of a country adapting, resisting, surviving. A child downloads movies to a smartphone to watch during nightly power cuts. An elderly Japanese man feeds the hungry in Kharkiv. A soldier carefully rehomes a swarm of bees. A winemaker uses scrap wooden shell crates to package gift sets. A Ukrainian gunner inscribes messages on shells and rockets aimed for Russia: \"\u003ci\u003eFor Bakhmut\u003c\/i\u003e\", he writes. The family of a journalist killed in the Donbas sells their home to open a bookshop in his memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Daily War\u003c\/i\u003e is Kurkov at his most intimate and insightful: a record of resilience, heartbreak and fierce national pride. Urgent, humane, unforgettable, this is history as it happens, and as only Kurkov can write it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Andrey Kurkov [is] one of the most articulate ambassadors to the West for the situation in his homeland,\" \u003cb\u003eSam Leith, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Immediate and important ... From the grim incredulity at Russians massing on the border to the displacement of millions of people, this is an insider's account of how an ordinary life became extraordinary. It is also about survival, hope and humanity,\" \u003cb\u003eHelen Davies, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Ukraine's greatest novelist is fighting for his country,\" \u003cb\u003eGiles Harvey, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The author's on-the-ground account is packed with surprising details about the human effects of the Russian assault ... His voice is genial but also impassioned, never more so than when deploring Putin's efforts to erase Ukrainian culture and history. Ukraine, he says, \"will either be free, independent and European, or it will not exist at all\". That's why the war has to be fought, with no concession of territory. And he remains quietly hopeful that it will be won,\" \u003cb\u003eBlake Morrison, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e, \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrey Kurkov graduated from Kyiv Pedagogical Academy of Foreign Languages in 1983. \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Penguin\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of his novels to be translated into English, as well as into more than thirty other languages, has been in print since its publication in 2001. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, he has published unrivalled reports from his country in newspapers and magazines all over the world. He has become, in the process, a crucial voice for the people of Ukraine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 8.66 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45809286119621,"sku":"9781916788688","price":44.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/GV2xhVhTKV9781916788688.webp?v=1770942383","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/our-daily-war-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}