THE UKRAINE

THE UKRAINE is a collection of twenty-six essays and stories
that deliberately blurs the lines between nonfiction and
fiction, leaving the reader wondering which of its pieces are
true and which fictionalized.
A Finalist for the BBC Book of the Year, THE UKRAINE
conveys an aroma of Ukraine that is distinctly Ukrainian: at
times unglorifying and irreverent, at times loving and
tender, at times uncomfortable and inconvenient. THE
UKRAINE is every Ukrainian's Ukraine and encompasses the
country's good, bad, obnoxiously ugly, and achingly
beautiful.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Artem was born in the Western Ukrainian city of Kolomyia
and now lives in Kyiv. He is the author of four novels and
four books of creative non-fiction, and is a co-author of a
book of war reportage. Artem is a four-time finalist of the
BBC Book of the Year Award. His collection THE UKRAINE
was a Finalist for the Lviv UNESCO City of Literature Prize
(2018). His work has been translated into seven languages,
and has appeared in English in the Best European Fiction
anthology and in publications such as the Refugees
Worldwide anthology, commissioned by the International
Literature Festival Berlin. His novel MIGRANT was published
in French in November 2021.
Artem's short story ‘The Ukraine', translated by Zenia
Tompkins, was published in The New Yorker in March 2022,
the first piece of prose by a Ukrainian writer to appear in
the publication, and will be read on BBC Radio 4's Book at
Bedtime in October 2022.