Book description
This searingly powerful first collection about Ukrainian identity is a howl of anguish and an elegant counter-song against totalitarianismWINNER OF AN ERIC GREGORY AWARDThis searingly powerful first collection about Ukrainian identity is a howl of anguish and an elegant counter-song against totalitarianism'A beautiful, necessary book'ILYA KAMINSKY, author of Deaf Republic'Every poem is a masterpiece'OLIA HERCULES, author of MamushkaWith this searingly powerful first collection, Charlotte Shevchenko Knight gives the current war in Ukraine some much-needed human focus, while examining its brutal aggression within a wider and more accurate historical context.Central to this book is 'a timeline of hunger', a lyric sequence which examines the legacy of the Holodomor ('death by hunger' in Ukrainian) - Stalin's man-made famine of the 1930s. This long poem opens in Kyiv in 2021 - 'brief visitations / of appetite / I devour / beetroot / its juices / running / down my lips / blood / of the past' - and closes in Donetsk in 1929: 'we burst the balloon / skin of tomatoes / between our teeth / seeds running down chins / like confetti / & we already know / every meal / should be celebrated.' Through the poet's sensitive approach to the historical, moving from that genocide of the early 1930s, then on through the Second World War, the Chornobyl disaster, to modern-day invaded Ukraine, we understand that within their 'bones Holodomor / lives on'.Both a howl of anguish and an eloquent counter-song against totalitarianism, this is a book about invasion, war, destruction and death, but also about the bonds of humanity, family and a history of oppression - about staying alive while always hungry.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience