{"product_id":"grey-bees-a-novel-about-the-war-in-ukraine-by-ukraines-most-famous-modern-writer-pb-w3","title":"Andrey Kurkov: Grey Bees W3 (RUSSIAN) [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUkraine's most famous novelist dramatises the conflict raging in his  country through the adventures of a mild-mannered beekeeper. From the  author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Penguin.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A latter-day Bulgakov . . . A Ukrainian Murakami\" - Phoebe Taplin,\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a \"frenemy\" from his schooldays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith little food and no electricity, under ever-present threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must take them far from the Grey Zone so they can collect their pollen in peace. This simple mission on their behalf introduces him to combatants and civilians on both sides of the battle lines: loyalists, separatists, Russian occupiers and Crimean Tatars. Wherever he goes, Sergeyich's childlike simplicity and strong moral compass disarm everyone he meets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut could these qualities be manipulated to serve an unworthy cause, spelling disaster for him, his bees and his country?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrey Bees\u003c\/i\u003e is as timely as the author's \u003ci\u003eUkraine Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e were in 2014, but treats the unfolding crisis in a more imaginative way, with a pinch of Kurkov's signature humour. Who better than Ukraine's most famous novelist - who writes in Russian - to illuminate and present a balanced portrait of this most bewildering of modern conflicts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoris Dralyuk is an award-winning translator and the Executive Editor of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. He taught Russian literature for a number of years at UCLA and at the University of St Andrews. He is a co-editor (with Robert Chandler and Irina Mashinski) of the \u003ci\u003ePenguin Book of Russian Poetry,\u003c\/i\u003e and has translated Isaac Babel's \u003ci\u003eRed Cavalry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdessa Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Kurkov's The Bickford Fuse. In 2020 he received the inaugural Kukula Award for Excellence in Non-fiction Book Reviewing from the \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthl\u003c\/i\u003ey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kurkov, Andrey \u0026 Dralyuk, Boris","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42169319358649,"sku":"9780857059352","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49394605031763,"sku":"XV80857059352","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53840071590227,"sku":"XE80857059352","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kurkov-andrey-dralyuk-boris-andrey-kurkov-grey-bees-w3-russian-2021-paperback-58540702859603.jpg?v=1779726730","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/grey-bees-a-novel-about-the-war-in-ukraine-by-ukraines-most-famous-modern-writer-pb-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}