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PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674292014

ISBN-139780674292017

eBay Product ID (ePID)25057236662

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Book TitleHarvest Truce : a Play

Number of Pages140 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicEuropean / Eastern (See Also Russian & Former Soviet Union), Russian & Former Soviet Union

GenreLiterary Collections

AuthorSerhiy Zhadan

Book SeriesHarvard Library of Ukrainian Literature Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length0.8 in

Item Width0.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number9

Dewey Decimal891.7924

SynopsisIn Serhiy Zhadan's tragicomedy A Harvest Truce, brothers Anton and Tolik reunite at their family home to bury their mother. Isolated without power or running water on the front line of a war ignited by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the brothers' best hope for success and survival lies in the declared cease fire--the harvest truce., Brothers Anton and Tolik reunite at their family home to bury their recently deceased mother. An otherwise natural ritual unfolds under extraordinary circumstances: their house is on the front line of a war ignited by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Isolated without power or running water, the brothers' best hope for success and survival lies in the declared cease fire--the harvest truce. But such hopes are swiftly dashed, as it becomes apparent that the conflagration of war will not abate. With echoes of Waiting for Godot, Serhiy Zhadan's A Harvest Truce stages a tragicomedy in which the commonplace experiences of death, birth, and the cycles of life marked by the practices of growing and harvesting food are rendered futile and farcical in the wake of the indifferent juggernaut of war., Brothers Anton and Tolik reunite at their family home to bury their recently deceased mother. An otherwise natural ritual unfolds under extraordinary circumstances: their house is on the front line of a war ignited by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Isolated without power or running water, the brothers best hope for success and survival lies in the declared cease fire-the harvest truce. But such hopes are swiftly dashed, as it becomes apparent that the conflagration of war will not abate. With echoes of Waiting for Godot, Serhiy Zhadan's A Harvest Truce stages a tragicomedy in which the commonplace experiences of death, birth, and the cycles of life marked by the practices of growing and harvesting food are rendered futile and farcical in the wake of the indifferent juggernaut of war.

LC Classification NumberPG3949.36.H33