Author: Borja Lasheras.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine generated an urgent cataract of publishing novelties. The book Estación Ucrania: El país que fue (Ukraine Station: The country that was) does not belong to that category. It is not a reportage on the war, it is not a rushed editorial assignment. Its author, Borja Lasheras, began writing it in 2016, after several years travelling around the country.
Today it can be read as a portrait of the country that was before 24 February 2022, the germ of the country that could be in the future: the country that emerged after the Maidan revolution and which, despite the war in Donbas, the economic crisis and endemic corruption, dreamed of a more “normal” future. In its pages appear activists, politicians, filmmakers, musicians and novelists who recount their aspirations, fears and frustrations. They are the visible faces of a generation whose enthusiasm is always sewn with the threat of disenchantment. Their reverse side are the alcoholic old men, the nostalgic for the Soviet era, the survivors of a border region hit by all the geopolitical earthquakes of the last century and a half. Between melancholy and astonishment, Ukrainian Station possesses the best qualities of the best travel literature and political essays.
Pages: 352
Publisher: LIBROS DEL K.O
Binding: Soft cover.
ISBN: 9788419119186
RPP: 21,75 euros
