A Loss

The Story of a Dead Soldier Told by His Sister

A Loss
Olesya Khromeychuk
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Paperback
Not defined - 140pg
17 Nov 2021 GE
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9783838215709
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This book is the story of one death among many in the war in eastern Ukraine. Its author is a historian of war whose brother was killed at the frontline in 2017 while serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Olesya Khromeychuk takes the point of view of a civilian and a woman, perspectives that tend to be neglected in war narratives, and focuses on the stories that play out far away from the warzone. Through a combination of personal memoir and essay, Khromeychuk attempts to help her readers understand the private experience of this still ongoing but almost forgotten war in the heart of Europe and the private experience of war as such. This book will resonate with anyone battling with grief and the shock of the sudden loss of a loved one.
Grappling. I admire a book that invites me to grapple with knotty questions. Olesya Khromeychuk has written such a book-beautifully. Feminism and drones. Funerals and theater. Shrapnel and combat boots-size 8. ' A Loss' explores the lures of militarism at a granular level. --Professor Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo' s War, Emma' s War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War Moving, intelligent, and brilliantly written, this is a sister' s reckoning with a lost brother, an emigre' s with the country of her childhood, and a scholar' s with her own suddenly acutely personal subject matter. A wonderful combination of emotional and intellectual honesty; very sad and direct but also rigorous and nuanced. It even manages to be funny. --Anna Reid, author of Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
Andreas Umland is Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Security in the Institute of International Relations at Prague, Principal Researcher of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation at Kyiv, and General Editor of the ibidem-Verlag book series Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9783838215709
Published: 17 Nov 2021
Published In: Germany
Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format: Paperback
Weight: 666g
Pages: 140

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