The Abduction
France (Verdier)
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The farmer told the author about her mother’s life on the banks of the Dnieper, desperately fighting to make ends meet, and about her own childhood...
The farmer told the author about her mother’s life on the banks of the Dnieper, desperately fighting to make ends meet, and about her own childhood during the time of collectivisation and famine (Holodomor) in the village of Dobenka, which was later flooded by the Kremenchug reservoir. She tells of her deportation from Ukraine to Carinthia for forced labour, and she recounts her first year on the Carinthian mountain farm.
This volume contains an afterword by Josef Winkler’s French translator Bernard Banoun and, published for the first time, letters written by Hapka Davidovna Ilyashenko in Ukraine to her daughter Nyotchka in Carinthia.
»What, then, is the ability of a writer if not: to feel what is irreparable and find words to express it?« Le Monde
»A testimony we should read with special attention especially in current times ...« Kleine Zeitung
»What, then, is the ability of a writer if not: to feel what is irreparable and find words to express it?« Le Monde
»A testimony we should read with special attention especially in current times ...« Kleine Zeitung
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Josef Winkler
Born in Austria in 1953 and an author since 1982, Josef Winkler lives in Klagenfurt. He has received numerous prizes for his work, including the Georg Büchner Prize in 2008, the Alfred Döblin Prize in 2001, and most recently, the 2024 Austrian Franz Kafka Prize.
Born in Austria in 1953 and an author since 1982, Josef Winkler lives in Klagenfurt. He has received numerous prizes for his work, including the...
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