What do we really know about Ukraine? Do we know, for instance, that it's a country with a thousand-year-old culture? That it's the cradle of all Russian literature in the Twelfth Century. That it can currently boast a buzzing literary scene as yet insufficiently recognized abroad?
In this anthology, authors of all ages, backgrounds, and regions of Ukraine describe what their country means to them. Its characters include the village of Bakota in the Ternopil, the historical region of Polesia, the city of Odessa, the Crimea, and Kriukivshchyna, a prosperous suburb west of Kyiv. This collection of never-before-seen writing enables readers to understand today's Ukraine through literature.