Ukrainian Elegy: the Mariupol Trilogy
by J
About This Novel
A true record of disasters in Eastern Europe in the 20th century. The Mariupol Trilogy includes: "She Came from Mariupol": a family history, a microcosm of the world's disasters over the past century. The 12,000,000 oriental laborers are by no means a historical footnote other than the Jewish Holocaust in World War II. They show a panoramic view of the tragedy of European civilization and reveal the unknown fate of the Ukrainians. "Man in the Shadow": a national fable of Ukraine's century of displacement and turmoil, a panoramic slice of the tragedy of human civilization. In the past, they were squeezed out of their last drop of sweat, but now, they are still being manipulated at will, with no nationality, no right to vote, and not allowed to find a place to live on their own... Writing about daily life in post-war Eastern Europe. "Nastya's Tears": The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Ukrainian economy... History repeats itself again and again, who can stay completely out of it? A contemporary Eastern European version of The Odyssey. It is a rare work that focuses on individual experiences after the collapse of the Soviet Union. From a civil engineer to a cleaner, it writes about the fall of high-level intellectuals under the drastic changes of the times, and is a shocking portrayal of the plight of contemporary Ukraine.
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