
I Will Die in a Foreign Land
by Kalani Pickhart
Title:
I Will Die in a Foreign Land
Author:
Kalani Pickhart
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
336 pages
Publisher:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781804991640
EAN:
9781804991640
Publication Date:
03/08/2023
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
358
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 128 x 22
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction AwardBest Book of the Year - New York Public Library, Cosmopolitan, Independent Book Review''Pickhart''s story is powerful, boldly imaginative, rich in history and feeling, charged with events that have occurred since it was written - and which summon up the same force of the history that compelled an American author to write about this 'foreign land'.'' The Times2014 Kyiv, Ukraine. The city is poised on a knife-edge as tensions mount around a corrupt government''s increasing ties to Russia. As protests erupt across the city, the fates of four individuals come together. Katya is a Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic treating wounded protesters; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, near Chernobyl, grieving the death of his wife; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination; Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, climbs atop a burned-out bus at Independence Square and plays the piano.In this dazzling, inventive debut novel - set during the ''Revolution of Dignity'' - Kalani Pickhart weaves together a rich tapestry of voices to create a moving story about beauty, love and survival during tumultuous times.










