Despite the political and economic turmoil Ukraine is going through, its literature is experiencing a period of tremendous development, such was an inspiring summary of Svitlana Pyrkalo, EBRD’s Advisor on Culture and a founder of BBC’s Annual Book of the Year Award for best pieces of Ukrainian literature.
January 21, 2016 Svitlana spoke at the Ukrainian Institute and offered a review of the book which have received the prestigious award in 2015: a collection of short story called “The House by Bating Hallow” by Vasyl Makhno (“Дім у Бейтінґ Голлов”) and Andriy Bachynsky‘s “140 Decibels of Silence”(“140 децибелів тиші”) which …read more
Source: Ukrainian Institute, London
