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Bibliotopia 2022 | Interview with Andrey Kurkov (in Ukrainian)

"Voices from Ukraine": a special event devoted to the war in Ukraine with the writer Andrey Kurkov. Online, from New York.
Moderation: Antoine Perraud.

Andrey Kurkov, a Ukrainian writer who writes in Russian, is known all over the world since the publication of his Death and the Penguin (2000, translated into English by George Bird). His latest novel, Grey Bees (2018, translated by Borys Draluyk), published just after the war started, follows the adventures of two old enemies since their schooldays, who, alone in the deserted village on the battle line in Donbass, start to work together. He also comments daily on Twitter about developments in Ukraine.