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I will die in a foreign land / a novel by Kalani Pickhart.

Pickhart, Kalani, (author.).

Summary:
In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union, opting instead to forge a closer alliance with President Vladimir Putin and Russia. The peaceful protests turned violent when military police shot live ammunition into the crowd, killing over a hundred civilians. I Will Die in a Foreign Land follows four individuals over the course of a volatile Ukrainian winter, as their lives are forever changed by the Euromaidan protests. Katya is an Ukrainian-American doctor stationed at a makeshift medical clinic in St. Michael's Monastery; Misha is an engineer originally from Pripyat, who has lived in Kyiv since his wife's death; Slava is a fiery young activist whose past hardships steel her determination in the face of persecution; and Aleksandr Ivanovich, a former KGB agent, who climbs atop a burned-out police bus at Independence Square and plays the piano. As Katya, Misha, Slava, and Aleksandr's lives become intertwined, they each seek their own solace during an especially tumultuous and violent period. The story is also told by a chorus of voices that incorporates folklore and narrates a turbulent Slavic history.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781953387080
  • ISBN: 195338708X
  • Physical Description: 300 pages : map ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : Two Dollar Radio, 2021.
Subject: Riots > Fiction.
Ukraine > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Ukraine > History > Euromaidan Protests, 2013-2014 > Fiction.
Ukraine > Politics and government > 1991- > Fiction.
Ukraine > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation) > Fiction.
Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > Ukraine > Fiction.
Ukraine > History > 21st century > Fiction.
Ukraine > History > 1991- > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
War fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION PICKHAR (Text) 50687011754036 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults PIC Fiction (Text) 34001001414323 Adult Area Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults PIC Fiction (Text) 34217000880666 Adult Area Available -
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) PIC (Text) 92525033 GFWM Main Room Available -
Portage Public Library F PIC (Text) 31814890124776 PORM Fiction Available -
Wernersville Public Library PIC (Text) 33249023990074 Fiction Available -
Easton Main Library PICKHART (Text) 31901004553907 Adult Fiction In Transit -


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