UKRAINIAN LESSONS

A first hand account of art survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine The most beautifully written moving book I can ever remember reading PHILIPPA PERRY A book for our times PHILIPPE SANDS A brilliant and unforgettable book EDMUND DE WAALCharlotte Higgins never imagined she would report on a war But in the autumn of 2022 seven months into Russia s full scale invasion of Ukraine she travelled there to find out how artists and writers were reflecting the devastating events in their work The experience would change her life In a war fuelled by the attempted erasure of Ukrainian culture a war that has killed countless artists and created countless more art has become a matter of life and death In times of war art and literature are where difficulty and complexity survive where the most painful unspeakable truths can still be faced Drawing on two decades of cultural journalism three years of reporting trips to Ukraine and her training as a classicist Ukrainian Lessons explores the profound connections between war art and life It is a searing urgent and unforgettable book about what artists are prepared to risk and why culture is worth fighting for An excellent book HENRY MARSH A survival manual for our blood stricken times JACQUELINE ROSE Bea