War Diary [electronic resource]

Yevgenia Belorusets2023

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The essential, deeply penetrating diary of life in Kiev during the first days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine by the acclaimed author of Lucky Breaks 'An essential document of the Ukrainian people's experience of the conflict' Wall Street Journal The artist and writer Yevgenia Belorusets was in her hometown of Kyiv when Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on the morning of February 24, 2022. For her and millions of Ukrainians, reality changed overnight. She set out to document the war and its effects on the ordinary residents of the country: the relentless sound of sirens and gunfire; intense moments of connection and solidarity with strangers; the struggle to make sense of a good mood on a spring day. Published each day in German by the newspaper Der Spiegel and in English by ISOLARII, War Diary had an immediate impact worldwide. Issued here with a new preface and more recent entries by the author, it stands as a unique monument to the devastation and resilience of a city u...