Voroshilovgrad

By Serhiy ZhadanTranslated from the Ukrainian by Isaac Wheeler and Reilly Costigan-Humes Easy Rider meets Pedro Páramo in this darkly funny, fast-paced road novel that barrels through eastern Ukraine's ravaged industrial landscape. Publication Date: May 24, 2016 Paperback: 9781941920305eBook: 9781941920312 Description "Trainspotting set against a grim post-Soviet backdrop." —Newsweek A city-dwelling executive heads home to take over his brother's gas station after his mysterious disappearance, but all he finds at home are mysteries and ghosts. The bleak industrial landscape of now-war-torn eastern Ukraine sets the stage for Voroshilovgrad, the Soviet era name of the Ukranian city of Luhansk, mixing magical realism and exhilarating road novel in poetic, powerful, and expressive prose. Biographical Note Serhiy Zhadan is one of the key voices in contemporary Ukrainian literature: his poetry and novels have enjoyed popularity both at home and abroad. He has twice won BBC Ukraine’s Book of