A Harvest Truce

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A Harvest Truce

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Author: Serhii ZHadan

Type: Paperback

ISBN: 9780674292017

Date: 26th July, 2024

Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

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  2. Historical Fiction
  3. Plays
  4. Anthologies: General

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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.

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