The Russian-Ukrainian writer, author of the bestseller “The Penguin” (1996), publishes a new book which takes as its setting the conflict between Kiev and Moscow.
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VSLike all the works of Andrei Kurkov, Gray Bees (Liana Levi, 400 pages, 23 euros) is a funny book where the crazy characters make their way through the chaos of the former USSR. With one difference: the story of the Russian writer whose grandparents settled in Ukraine under Stalin (his grandfather is a hero of the Red Army) takes root in a hot topic: the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This takes place in the “grey zone”, these Ukrainian lands occupied by Russia since 2014.
In a small abandoned village wedged between the Ukrainian army and the pro-Russian separatists, two outcasts, Sergeyitch and Pashka, learn to live together so as not to sink. Until Sergeyitch, this beekeeper who believes in louse…
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