A Harvest Truce: A Play (Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature #9)

By: Serhiy Zhadan

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Synopsis: Brothers Anton and Tolik reunite at their family home to bury their recently deceased mother. An otherwise natural ritual unfolds under extraordinary circumstances: their house is on the front line of a war ignited by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Isolated without power or running water, the brothers’ best hope for success and survival lies in the declared cease fire—the harvest truce. But such hopes are swiftly dashed, as it becomes apparent that the conflagration of war will not abate.With echoes of Waiting for Godot, Serhiy Zhadan’s A Harvest Truce stages a tragicomedy in which the commonplace experiences of death, birth, and the cycles of life marked by the practices of growing and harvesting food are rendered futile and farcical in the wake of the indifferent juggernaut of war.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 140 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780674292017
Related ISBNs:: 9780674292024, 9780674291997
Publisher:: Harvard University Press
Date of Addition:: 08/06/24
Copyrighted By:: the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Nina Murray