Diary Of An Invasion

Diary of an Invasion by Andrey Kurkov

Andrey Kurkov, a Ukrainian author and public intellectual who writes in Russian, has been one of the most prominent voices throughout the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His latest work, Diary of an Invasion, is a timely and personal report on the war from the ground. Part political and historical commentary, part personal journal, Kurkov explores the fraught interrelation of Russian and Ukrainian history, the complicated coexistence of their languages, and in describing how a peaceful society defies occupation, the author builds an image of a culture which, contrary to Putin’s claims, is unique and democratic, liberal and diverse, one that will “resist to the end”.