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Crossing the Border
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Artikel-Nr:
9781939289018
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.10.2012
Seiten:
134
Autor:
Ksenia Rychtycka
Gewicht:
206 g
Format:
229x152x8 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ksenia Rychtycka is a Ukrainian-American poet and author of Crossing The Border (Little Creek Books, 2012). Her poems and short stories have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies including Alaska Quarterly Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Literary Bohemian, Dunes Review, Yellow Medicine Review, Hubbub and The Wisconsin Review. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago and is a copy editor at a downtown Detroit ad agency.
Ksenia Rychtycka's debut collection Crossing the Border illuminatesmoments of tragedy and triumph, personal discovery and disillusionmentspotlighting characters who, in one form or another, learn tomove forward with their lives. Stymied by the lack of progress andchange in post-communist Ukraine, Valeriy the artist finds he isunable to paint. Anna is a lonely woman who attends strangers'weddings to offer a curious gift. The arrival of a wayward parakeetduring the 2004 Orange Revolution forces an elderly woman intoaction. These nine stories-set in Ukraine, the United States andGreece-highlight universal conflicts and dilemmas, along with theuncertainties and complexities of change, and introduce a strong new voice in storytelling.