Ukrainian Vignettes

Ukrainian VignettesEssays on a Culture at War By Mitja Velikonja 265 pages. Softcover. Fully illustrated in color. An illustrated chronicle like no other of Ukraine at war, examining expressions of the Ukrainian people on the street, in graffiti, murals, and quotidian life. “In this evocative account ... an eye for poignant detail and an urgent sense of the larger historical questions at hand makes for an immersive and unpredictable examination of war’s reverberations throughout society.” —Publishers Weekly On his travels to wartime Ukraine, where even the feeling of relaxation is dangerous, Mitja Velikonja observed thousands of images of the culture of war in what he saw on the street and everyday life, from bakeries, road signs, billboards and murals, to unsanctioned graffiti. This street iconography, invested with a patriotic vocabulary, was also informed by his conversations with people, the scenes of destruction, misery, and above all, the strong will to resist, from which everyda