{"product_id":"three-years-on-fire-andrey-kurkov-9781919503363","title":"Three Years On Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this third volume of Andrey Kurkov's war diaries, Ukraine's greatest living writer chronicles the third year of the full-scale Russian invasion from his home in Kyiv and from journeys all over the country - capturing moments of horror, resilience, absurdity and grace with an unmatched clarity. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChildren on a contested border wear hooded bulletproof vests to school; soldiers write haiku; professional clowns go to war; and the mother of a young soldier killed in battle uses his compensation money to create a rehabilitation centre for veterans. Roses bloom across Ukraine in quiet tribute to a florist and soldier killed in Avdiivka, remembered by those who once bought his flowers. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Pokrovsk, 7,500 residents refuse to leave a city that no longer exists - their homes obliterated but their will unbroken. And buried beneath a cherry tree, a murdered writer's final diary is recovered, a haunting echo of a silenced voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the home front to the trenches, Kurkov captures the rhythms of survival - the quiet rituals, joys, unexpected humour and appalling losses - in a very moving record of national endurance. Three Years on Fire is a luminous act of remembrance from a writer whose voice stands witness to everything Ukraine has lost - and everything it refuses to give up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Clever, passionate.' - Roger Boyes, The Times \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The pieces are flawlessly structured; the tone is devoid of self-pity...Yet saturating the book is a note of savage black comedy, the farce of a world made weird by unimaginable violence.' - Robin Ashenden, Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrey Kurkov","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":68269969047795,"sku":"9781919503363","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781919503363.jpg?v=1793646352","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/three-years-on-fire-andrey-kurkov-9781919503363","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}