is a kind of companion volume to Andrey Kurkov’s
Ukraine Diaries(2014), both being non-fiction and thus standing apart from his other books. While
Ukraine Diarieswas primarily an eyewitness account of the run-up to, and the immediate aftermath of, the Revolution of Dignity, observed from close quarters in Kyiv,
Diary of an Invasionis largely based on other people’s and media impressions of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which Kurkov relates from his wartime refuge in Transcarpathia. Like many of his fellow authors in Ukraine and elsewhere, Kurkov embarks on a mission to present a Ukrainian version of the disastrous events to whoever is ready to pay attention:
While soldiers are fighting with weapons in their hands in the
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Citation: Rogatchevski, Andrei. "Diary of an Invasion". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 September 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41326, accessed 09 December 2024.]