Lucky breaks

"Out of the impoverished coal regions of Ukraine known as the Donbass, where Russian secret military intervention coexists with banditry and insurgency, the women of Yevgenia Belorusets's captivating collection of stories emerge from the ruins of a war, still being waged on and off, ever since the 2...

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Main Author: Belorusets, Yevgenia (Author)
Other Authors: Ostashevsky, Eugene (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: New York, NY : a New Directions Paperbook Original, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
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