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Notes of a Ukrainian Madman — Lina Kostenko

Notes of a Ukrainian Madman (2010) is Lina Kostenko's prose novel in diary form, where the hero's private life merges with social anxiety and the chronicle of a disintegrating time.

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Notes of a Ukrainian Madman is Kostenko's long-awaited prose debut, published in 2010. The novel is written as the diary of a Kyiv programmer observing modern Ukraine with anxiety and bitter irony. The title alludes to Gogol's Diary of a Madman.

The book became a literary event and sold in huge quantities. Kostenko combines biting social commentary with philosophical reflection on the nature of madness — both personal and societal.

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