The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks

Posted on 12 January 2018 by Igort

Written and illustrated by an award winning artist and translated into English for the first time, I. New Download The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks By Igort For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I am not naturally drawn to graphic books, but I am fascinated by Eastern Europe so it was hard to pass up an opportunity to read an advance copy of The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks, a book of graphic non fiction The Notebooks are based on interviews Igort pseudonym for Igor Tuveri conducted with a number of Ukrainians and Russians living in contemporary Ukraine and Russia The Ukrainian part of the notebooks focuses on the 20th century history of Ukrainian, including the horrendous fo I am not naturally drawn to graphic books, but I am fascinated by Eastern Europe so it was hard to pass up an opportunity to read an advance copy of The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks, a book of graphic non fiction The Notebooks are based on interviews Igort pseudonym for Igor Tuveri conducted with a number of Ukrainians and Russians living in contemporary Ukraine and Russia The Ukrainian part of the notebooks focuses on the 20th century history of Ukrainian, including the horrendous forced famine in 1932 and extreme violence under Stalin The Russian part focuses on contemporary Russia, and the death of a female journalist who was investigating atrocities in Chechnya There is nothing cheery or lighthearted about this book despite the fact that it is in the form of drawings What Igort depicts is not new to me nor does the format allow for muc...A harrowing account of the Holodomor, the Famine Genocide in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933 and the murder of journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya are the two stories depicted in this graphic novel.Because of Stalin s collectivization program, millions of people starved in the USSR, the Holodomor in the Ukraine alone has numbers cited from 3 to 7 million Other estimations even run into the 10 million There were several factors that contributed to these numbers Low harvest, the ma A harrowing account of the Holodomor, the Famine Genocide in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933 and the murder of journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya are the two stories depicted in this graphic novel.Because of Stalin s collectivization program, millions of people starved in the USSR, the Holodomor in the Ukraine alone has numbers cited from 3 to 7 million Other estimations even run into the 10 million There were several factors that contributed to these numbers Low harvest, the massive export of grains by the USSR, the killing of livestock resulting in less food and available labor, and the deportations and executions of the peasants for fear of uprisings.The book is designed in the form of a journal and recounts several accounts of eye witnesses as short vignettes, showing how they hid their grains, killed their horses, were evicted from their homes, even how cannibalism was a common occurrance.In the secon...The 1932 Holodomor is looked at through first person interviews in the Ukrainian NB The new Russia and the Chechen War are examined in the Russian NB Igort connects the stories with stark art that makes you feel the oppression that permeates the subject matterhighest recommendation.How many ways can people come up with to torment and kill each other when they are fed dehumanizing propaganda and forced to choose between violence against others or violence against themselves and their families How much damage can people do once they ve given up hope on the possibility justice in any form What happens to people who don t go along with the narratives an authoritarian regime has demanded they accept and propagate At what point did truth telling become so dangerous and governm How many ways can people come up with to torment and kill each other when they are fed dehumanizing propaganda and forced to choose between violence against others or violence against themselves and their families How much damage can people do once they ve given up hope on the possibility justice in any form What happens to people who don t go along with the narratives an authoritarian regime has demanded they accept and propagate At what point did truth telling become so dangerous and governments so corrupt that assassination becomes just a fact of every day life, so much so that it is barely noticed by so many Well, I suppose those in power have always had PR prob...Wow This was a difficult read, not in the sense of being hard to comprehend, but in the emotional impact So much pain so much suffering so much death Igort s narrative jumps around a bit, telling stories in quick bursts It helps keep the bleakness from being overwhelming The artwork is lovely, reminiscent in some ways of the classic EC war comics The sequence from page 276 to 281 where a young soldier is ordered to perform an execution is phenomenal Artistically, this book is a Wow This was a difficult read, not in the sense of being hard to comprehend, but in the emotional impact So much pain so much suffering so much death Igort s narrative jumps around a bit, telling stories in quick bursts It helps keep the bleakness from being overwhelming The artwork is lovely, reminiscent in some ways of the classic EC war comics The sequence from page 276 to 281 where a young soldier i...Graphic nonfiction featuring first person accounts of the real life horrors that occurred during the Ukrainian famine of 1932 and the recent conflict in Chechnya Content warning Graphic descriptions of brutalityMaybe we d like to share our secret, that secret called war, but those who live in peace have no interest in hearing itAnna PolitkovskayaIt was actually the subtitle rather than the title that caught my attention Life and Death Under Soviet Rule Author Anthony Marra s books ha Graphic nonfiction featuring first person accounts of the real life horrors that occurred during the Ukrainian famine of 1932 and the recent conflict in Chechnya Content warning Graphic descriptions of brutalityMaybe we d like to share our secret, that secret called war, but those who live in peace have no interest in hearing itAnna PolitkovskayaIt was actually the subtitle rather than the title that caught my attention Life and Death Under Soviet Rule Author Anthony Marra s books have made me really interested in this region and its history If you ve ever read Constellation of Vital Phenomena or The Tsar of Love and Techno, you will find many of the situations in this book familiar This nonfiction book is bleaker than Marra s fictional works There is no ...This was my very first attempt at reading a graphic novel It only took me a couple of pages to get accustomed to the format before I got sucked into the story There are two parts to this graphic novel the first set in Ukraine and largely focused on telling the stories of those who lived through the Holodomor genocide a Stalin made famine meant to punish Ukrainian insubordination the second is focused on the human rights violations committed during the wars in Chechnya and the reporters who This was my very first attempt at reading a graphic novel It only took me a couple of pages to get accustomed to the format before I got sucked into the story There are two parts to this graphic novel the first set in Ukraine and largely focused on telling the stories of those who lived through the Holodomor genocide a Stalin made famine meant to punish Ukrainian insubordination the second is focused on the human rights violations committed during the wars in Chechnya and the reporters who were assassinated for daring to write about it...I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.This is an important work, asking questions that have no answers Igort excels at bringing to life history, in this case it is the history of Ukraine and the USSR I had no trouble reading a graphic novel of this sizethan three hundred pages , but I had trouble with the content My main complaint is that there are no links to the sources Igort wrote a non fiction book, non fiction graphic novel And non fi I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.This is an important work, asking questions that have no answers Igort excels at bringing to life history, in this case it is the history of Ukraine and the USSR I had no trouble reading a graphic novel of this sizethan three hundred pages , but I had trouble with the content My main complaint is that there are no links to the sources Igort wrote a non fiction book, non fiction graphic novel And non fiction requires from an author to provide links to his sources.When he describes int...I won this book from a Goodreads GiveawayThis graphic novel is in two parts The Ukrainian section is a series of chapters , each a graphic rendition of someone s retelling of their experiences Interspersed are short pieces on the relevant history The Russian portion of the book examines the death of the Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya and also retells several of the stories that she and her fellow journalists have reported This was not a get through it in one setting book, despite tI won this book from a Goodreads GiveawayThis graphic novel is in two parts The Ukrainian section is a series of chapters , each a graphic rendition of someone s retelling of their experiences Interspersed are short pieces on the relevant history The Russian portion of the book examines the death of the Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya and also retells several of the stories that she and her fellow journalists have reported This was not a get through it in one setting b...I m fascinated by the Soviet Union and the Cold War so I always try to pick up new releases that look interesting I came across this one by accident and I am so glad First off, the book itself is so beautiful I ve never been this impressed before by a graphic novel I love Igort s drawing style He created such an eerie atmosphere with his drawings of people suffering and being tortured.This story is told in two parts The first is Ukrainian Notebook which deals with the Holodomor in 1932 33 I m fascinated by the Soviet Union and the Cold War so I always try to pick up new releases that look interesting I came across this one by accident and I am so glad First off, the book itself is so beautiful I ve never been this impressed before by a graphic novel I love Igort s drawing style He created such an eerie atmosphere with his drawings of people suffering and being tortured.This story is told in two parts The first is Ukrainian Notebook which deals with the Holodomor in 1932 33 in which Stalin s policies caused a famine that killed an estimated 2.5 7.5 million Ukrainians The second is ...

12 January 2018

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