WITH A FOREWORD FROM MARGARET ATWOOD
'This book would always have been important evidence that the Ukraine people were suffering criminal attack. Written by a poet, it is also a work of literature, published after the author lost her life doing her research. It is an icon of a young woman’s heroism' Philippa Gregory
Destined to be a classic, a poet's powerful look at the courage of resistance.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Then she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, who documented tens of thousands of war crimes and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and Yulia, a librarian who helped uncover the abduction and murder of a children's book author.
Everyone in Ukraine knew that Amelina was documenting the war. She photographed the ruins of schools and cultural centers; she recorded the testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses to atrocities. And she slowly turned back into a storyteller, writing what would become this book.
On the evening of June 27th, 2023, Amelina and three international writers stopped for dinner in the embattled Donetsk region. Whena Russian cruise missile hit the restaurant, Amelina suffered grievous head injuries, and lost consciousness. She died on July 1st. She was thirty-seven. She left behind an incredible account of the ravages of war and the cost of resistance. Honest, intimate, and wry, this book will be celebrated as a classic.
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Looking at Women, Looking at War 9780008727505 Hardback
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Important and moving
Deeply moving to read the lived experience of this courageous and profound woman. Outrageous that she has been killed during all this -- of course, the killing of all Ukrainians victims is unacceptable. The way she weaves her experience with that of many other courageous women makes one be in the e…
Deeply moving to read the lived experience of this courageous and profound woman. Outrageous that she has been killed during all this -- of course, the killing of all Ukrainians victims is unacceptable. The way she weaves her experience with that of many other courageous women makes one be in the events with them all.
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Looking at Women Looking at War
I am grateful to have this beautifully written first person account of the days and months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I want everyone to read it. Knowing that the gifted writer who gave it to us was also victim of the Russian assault and can write no more casts a poignant light over it a…
I am grateful to have this beautifully written first person account of the days and months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I want everyone to read it. Knowing that the gifted writer who gave it to us was also victim of the Russian assault and can write no more casts a poignant light over it all. Every woman in the story is to be celebrated and remembered. I am also grateful for the gift of Amelina’s recounting of 20th century Ukrainian history and art. We need to keep that story alive as well. Thank you to all who made this treasure possible.
- Authors:
- Amelina, Victoria
- Year Published:
- 2025
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9780008727505
- Number of Pages:
- 320
- Publication Date:
- 13/02/2025
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9780008727505