LEADER 03209nam 22005295 450 001 9910796717803321 005 20230814223002.0 010 $a0-300-23573-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300235739 035 $a(CKB)4100000004839087 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5387916 035 $a(DE-B1597)536129 035 $a(OCoLC)1035556458 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300235739 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000004839087 100 $a20191022d2018 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMesopotamia /$fSerhiy Zhadan 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (310 pages) 225 0 $aThe Margellos World Republic of Letters 300 $a"original Ukrainian edition was published by Klub simejnogo dozvillja, Kharkiv, 2014."--Title page verso. 311 $a0-300-22335-8 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tMesopotamia --$tPart I: Stories and Biographies --$tMARAT --$tROMEO --$tJOHN --$tMARK --$tYURA --$tTHOMAS --$tMATTHEW --$tBOB --$tLUKE --$tPart II: Notes and Addenda 330 $aA unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation's post-independence years ";One of the most astounding novels to come out of modern Ukraine. Mesopotamia is seductive, twisted, brilliant, and fierce.";-Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home. A leader among Ukrainian post?'independence authors, Zhadan employs both prose and poetry to address the disillusionment, complications, and complexities that have marked Ukrainian life in the decades following the Soviet Union's collapse. His novel provides an extraordinary depiction of the lives of working-class Ukrainians struggling against an implacable fate: the road forward seems blocked at every turn by demagogic forces and remnants of the Russian past. Zhadan's nine interconnected stories and accompanying poems are set in a city both representative and unusual, and his characters are simultaneously familiar and strange. Following a kind of magical-realist logic, his stories expose the grit and burden of stalled lives, the universal desire for intimacy, and a wistful realization of the off-kilter and even perverse nature of love. 410 0$aMargellos world republic of letters book. 606 $aUkrainian prose literature$vTranslations into English 606 $aUkrainian poetry$vTranslations into English 615 0$aUkrainian prose literature 615 0$aUkrainian poetry 676 $a891.7/93 700 $aZ?H?adan$b Serhii?$f1974-$01521916 701 $aCostigan-Humes$b Reilly$01521917 701 $aPhipps$b Wanda$01521918 701 $aTkacz$b Virlana$01521919 701 $aWheeler$b Isaac Stackhouse$01521920 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796717803321 996 $aMesopotamia$93761396 997 $aUNINA