{"product_id":"ukraine-at-war-street-art-posters-poetry-9781623717261","title":"Ukraine at War: Street Art, Posters + Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA unique book that showcases how Ukrainian society is expressing itself through art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWar came to Ukraine in February 2022; it was uninvited--although not entirely unexpected given Russia's steady, massive troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern border over the winter. When war exploded, millions of people around the world watched it compulsively on TV. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaoud Sarhandi-Williams--author of the internationally-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBosnian War Posters\u003c\/i\u003e--traveled to Ukraine in the summer of 2022 to photograph street art. He gathered a lot more images besides--as well as a trove of extraordinary war poetry by Ukrainian citizens, shared internationally here for the first time. The author brings all these elements together in an original, multi-layered visual book that is moving, profound, and painfully beautiful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith over 400 photos and artworks by the author and other contributors, the 320 pages of this book are a tribute to Ukraine's courage, heroism and struggle--and to her creativity, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUkraine at War\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique artistic testament to Ukrainian resilience and to world-changing events that are far from over. If you want to know what's in the heart of the Ukrainian people, look no further than this stunning book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaoud Sarhandi-Williams is\u003c\/b\u003e an award-winning British filmmaker and a writer. He is the author of the internationally-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eBosnian War Posters\u003c\/i\u003e (Interlink Books), a unique compilation of posters, political graphic design, and photos that was praised as the most valuable pictorial study of the bloodiest European conflict since 1945. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrey Kurkov was born near Leningrad in 1961, and graduated from Kyiv Pedagogical Academy of Foreign Languages in 1983. After working as a prison guard in Odesa and as a journalist, he self-published his writing and found renown as a novelist. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eGrey Bees\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of a lone beekeeper as he navigates the conflict in Eastern Ukraine after the Russian annexation of Crimea. His novel \u003ci\u003eDeath and the Penguin\u003c\/i\u003e, his first in English translation, is an international bestseller translated into more than thirty languages, and has been in print since its publication in 2001. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the author has issued unrivalled reports from his war-torn country in newspapers and magazines all over the world. Not only has he been a regular presence on radio and television, including BBC Radio 4's \u003ci\u003eLetter from Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e, but he has travelled far and wide to lecture on the perilous state of his country. He has, in the process, become a crucial voice the people of Ukraine. His work of reportage, \u003ci\u003eUkraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2014, followed by \u003ci\u003eDiary of an Invasion\u003c\/i\u003e in 2022.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Interlink Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628979523858,"sku":"9781623717261","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1fd29751-97e1-454a-972d-acb2c4c1261e.jpg?v=1732714813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ukraine-at-war-street-art-posters-poetry-9781623717261","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}