{"title":"New Arrivals","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"life-in-spite-of-everything-tales-from-the-ukrainian-east-by-victoria-donovan","title":"Life in Spite of Everything: Tales from the Ukrainian East by Victoria Donovan","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-5ec18971-7fff-87a4-064d-58d3822017d1\"\u003eA cultural portrait of eastern Ukraine, revealing its rich history beyond conflict. Victoria Donovan travels from Bilokuzmynivka to Mariupol, from abandoned mines to warehouse raves, amplifying local voices – artists, workers, and young people – showing the lived reality, resilience, and remarkable creativity of a region often overshadowed by war.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSince the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014, its eastern region – Donbas – has been synonymous with conflict. With the escalation of that war in 2022, its cities such as Bakhmut and Lysychansk have become familiar to us through the images and reports of brutal devastation. Victoria Donovan excavates a rich, multicultural history of this area, and paints a radically different picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTravelling from the dramatic, jagged peaks of Bilokuzmynivka to the marshland of Mariupol, from a warehouse rave to an abandoned gypsum mine, the physical world and its importance to this region’s identity is brought to vivid life. But above all else, by speaking to those whose lives are embedded there now – curators, artists, railway workers, young people who have grown up amidst instability and destruction – Donovan amplifies local voices and reveals the intensely personal lived reality of Putin’s war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRevelatory, evocative and deeply humane,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife In Spite of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a celebration of a country’s past and present, and its people’s tenacity, creativity and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003eWar is not central to this work. It is a story of people and nature, filled with sweet and bitter memories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003eempathy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e and hope\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{}\" class=\"EOP SCXW139992812 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW134441985 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134441985 BCX8\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eShines a spotlight on a part of the world most of us know only from scenes of death and destruction on the television news.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW134441985 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW134441985 BCX8\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props=\"{}\" class=\"EOP SCXW134441985 BCX8\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-qa=\"message-text\" class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\" class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"p-rich_text_block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-rich_text_section\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThis land and life are so beautifully remembered! . . . An emotional and very engaging requiem for Eastern Ukraine.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrey Kurkov\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eVictoria Donovan writes . . . with love, knowledge, and care. Written about humans for humans, this book exposes the inhumanity of imperial ambitions and colonial wars like no other work on the subject\u003c\/em\u003e.\" \u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSerhii Plokhy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55495010845050,"sku":"","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781917092142.jpg?v=1749657531"},{"product_id":"please-live-the-chechen-wars-my-mother-and-me-by-lana-estemirova","title":"Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother and Me by Lana Estemirova","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container_16 clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid_16 product\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productInfo\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imageBlockWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"imageBlock\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productImageWrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-ea1c80e5-7fff-af97-3746-aea9a3dbe6e1\"\u003eIn “Please Live: The Chechen Wars, My Mother and Me”, Lana Estemirova recalls her mother – human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, abducted and murdered for exposing abuses in Chechnya. Lana’s powerful memoir of love and loss chronicles her childhood amid conflict, mother and daughter’s bond and courage, and the relentless pursuit of truth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productImageWrapper\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContentWrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e'Please live' were the last words fifteen-year-old Lana said to her mother. Shortly afterwards Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped outside their apartment block in Grozny, Chechnya. On 15th July 2009, she was murdered for telling the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mountainous sliver of land which creates a natural boundary between Europe and Asia, for centuries Chechnya had been a sharp bone in Russia's throat. Three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, frustrated by the continued presence of the independence movement within Chechnya, Russia invaded. It was a war of extraordinary brutality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt turned Lana's mother, Natalia Estemirova, from a teacher into a human rights investigator. She became a dedicated member of Memorial, intent on exposing the kidnappings, bombings, torture and murders committed by Russian forces and Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed Chechen President. Natalia Estemirova's life, assassination, and the impunity that followed it, tell the story of Putin's Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Lana's story of growing up in a war. Of the intense bond between a mother and daughter, desperate to be together even though it was so much safer for Lana to live elsewhere, often for months at a time. It is a book both about being brave and about being ordinary in extraordinary times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the fulfilment of a promise Lana made at her mother's grave.\u003cbr\u003e\u003clabel\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Powerful... a coming-of-age story with a twist\" – \u003c\/em\u003eGuardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eHeart-wrenching... We need accounts like this haunting, compelling book\u003c\/em\u003e\" – Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA profound and moving tribute... It is Lana's inside perspective on what it was like to grow up within this society that makes this such a unique and powerful book\u003c\/em\u003e\" – Sunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":56858912784762,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":56858912817530,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/9781399811620.jpg?v=1753697879"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/collections\/new-arrivals.oembed","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}