Ukrainian Literature

Ant Bungee is a novel by Natalka Sniadanko, ironic and paradoxical prose about a young European's life balancing between East and West.

Barcarolles is a prose collection by Anton Sanchenko. "Songs on the water" — as the author defines the genre of his texts. Stories about the sea, people, and journeys.

Wild Flowers is a novel by Vasyl Slapchuk about family relationships, love, and the strength of the human spirit. Subtle psychological prose with deep emotional layers.

The Grasses Must Not Die is prose by Stepan Protsiuk, an existential reflection on life, nature, and the indestructibility of the living — even in the most hopeless circumstances.

Dance of a Fool is prose by Ihor Pavliuk, a grotesque and philosophical work about madness — imagined and real — in modern society.

I See You Are Interested in Darkness is prose by Ihor Pavliuk, a provocative and intriguing work about the human attraction to the dark side of existence.

Butterflies Transform is a novel by Halyna Vdovychenko, prose about women's fates, transformations, and life metamorphoses — like a butterfly passing through the chrysalis stage.

The Anti-Ukrainian is a journalistic book by Oleksiy Savchenko, a provocative study of Ukrainian identity contradictions and what it means to be "anti-Ukrainian."

Birds Always Return is a novella by Oksana Saiko (Akademia). Psychological prose about memory, madness, and the agonizing search for truth hidden in the depths of the past.

People on a Bench is prose by Maria Savka, an intimate and observant book about people sitting on a bench — a metaphor for pausing, reflecting, and attending to one's neighbor.

Firsts is a YA novel by Mariia Oleksa (Vikhola) about the first love of two young people who met too early to understand what they meant to each other.

Three Tench for Maria is a short story collection by Serhii Osoka (VSL, 2020). Stories about ordinary people, their small joys and great sorrows, told with subtle humor and poignant tenderness.

Incognito from the Other World is prose by Volodymyr Savchenko, a mystical story about returning from the "other world" and trying to live anew while remaining unrecognized.

A Time of Scattered Stones is a poetic and prose collection by Volodymyr Samoilenko, reflections on time, memory, and destruction — and subsequent gathering.

Dancing with Bones is a medical thriller by Andrii Semiankiv (MED GOblin) (Vikhola, 2022). BBC Book of the Year 2022. A doctor's stories about life, death, and everything in between.

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