{"product_id":"i-will-mix-your-blood-with-coal-snapshots-from-the-east-of-ukraine-9780810148543","title":"I Will Mix Your Blood with Coal: Snapshots from the East of Ukraine","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring the post-Soviet landscape of the Ukrainian east in a complex journey of loss, hope, and history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2014, the Russian army, with support from local militants, occupied parts of Ukraine's two easternmost regions--once the beating industrial heart of the Soviet Union--where coal extraction has since exhausted both the human population and the natural resources. In late 2016, Oleksandr Mykhed set out on a research trip to explore the deep history and contested present of the area from the perspective of a fellow countryman who'd never been there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mykhed brings us on a painful yet hopeful journey across the Ukrainian east, sharing conversations with locals, snippets from archival documents, and the complicated perspectives of prominent cultural figures, such as writer Serhiy Zhadan, historian Olena Stiazhkina, and philosopher Ihor Kozlovsky, who was imprisoned and tortured for nearly two years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Will Mix Your Blood with Coal\u003c\/i\u003e invites us to meet generations of coal miners. To learn about the Belgian and British investors who founded the east's industrial cities. To remember the harrowing events of the First and Second World Wars and the incalculable brutality of Soviet history. To see the activists who are even now working to improve the country. To hear sweet memories of a lost utopia that never existed. Mykhed provides a unique portrait of life in the east during the war, before the full-scale invasion that would change everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOLEKSANDR MYKHED\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books and a member of PEN Ukraine. He has written for publications including\u003ci\u003e The Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. Mykhed is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTANYA SAVCHYNSKA\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator whose writing and translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApofenie\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID MOSSOP\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of linguistics who translates from several Slavic languages into English. He was awarded an outstanding achievement award by the Bulgarian Translators' Union in 2022. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201523024146,"sku":"9780810148543","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f4b820e-7bd9-4608-b4b7-0ad2cfd028e8.jpg?v=1744913476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-will-mix-your-blood-with-coal-snapshots-from-the-east-of-ukraine-9780810148543","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}