The Voices of Babyn Yar |
|
Author:
| Kiyanovska, Marianna |
Translator:
| Maksymchuk, Oksana Rosochinsky, Max |
Introduction by:
| Barskova, Polina |
Series title: | Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-26876-0 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2022 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
|
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
|
The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv's Babyn Yar. Conceived as a tribute to the fallen, the book raises difficult questions about memory, responsibility, and commemoration of those who had witnessed an evil that verges on the unspeakable.
The poems in The Voices of Babyn Yar convey the experiences of ordinary civilians going through unbearable events leading to the massacre at Kyiv's Babyn Yar. Conceived as a tribute to the fallen, the book raises difficult questions about memory, responsibility, and commemoration of those who had witnessed an evil that verges on the unspeakable.