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Book Review: “War Diary” — When Dread Replaces the Everyday

April 16, 2023
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Ukrainian writer, artist and photographer Yevgenia Belorusets’ diary blends the visceral with the mundane, showing just how quickly dread replaces everyday life.

Book Review: Mr. Wilder, Are You Ready for Your Closeup?

November 18, 2022
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A funny, bittersweet novel by British writer Jonathan Coe portrays the great American film director Billy Wilder on the downside of his career

Book Reviews: “Grey Bees” and “Lucky Breaks” — Civilian Life in Wartime Ukraine

September 1, 2022
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Neither book is primarily directly about the war itself. Rather, in sometimes oblique ways, they show the price paid by Ukraine’s non-combatant civilians.

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