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Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love
by Rafeyenko, Volodymyr
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- Condition
- New Book
- ISBN 10
- 067427170X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674271708
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About This Item
Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2022. New Book. Paperback. 204 pp.
Mondegreen tells the story of a refugee from Ukraine's Donbas region who has escaped to Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian war. Written in beautiful, experimental style, the novel shows how people - and cities - are capable of radical transformation and how this, in turn, affects their interpersonal relations and cultural identification.
"True to its title, Rafeyenko's Mondegreen is a tapestry of Soviet rock lyrics, traditional folk ballads, the poems of Taras Shevchenko, and contemporary literary memes, all filtered through the ears of a Ukrainian language learner...Given the complexity of the text, it's astonishing how much Andryczyk was able to impart in his English version. Moreover, the translation leaves the reader not with a sense of loss but with a feeling that over the horizon there is a tantalizingly rich and vibrant world that one can only access if they too learn Ukrainian... Mondegreen is truly indulgent, a lyrical celebration of words and their power, not just to express but to transform.
--Lillian Posner "Los Angeles Review of Books" (8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM).
Mondegreen tells the story of a refugee from Ukraine's Donbas region who has escaped to Kyiv at the onset of the Ukrainian-Russian war. Written in beautiful, experimental style, the novel shows how people - and cities - are capable of radical transformation and how this, in turn, affects their interpersonal relations and cultural identification.
"True to its title, Rafeyenko's Mondegreen is a tapestry of Soviet rock lyrics, traditional folk ballads, the poems of Taras Shevchenko, and contemporary literary memes, all filtered through the ears of a Ukrainian language learner...Given the complexity of the text, it's astonishing how much Andryczyk was able to impart in his English version. Moreover, the translation leaves the reader not with a sense of loss but with a feeling that over the horizon there is a tantalizingly rich and vibrant world that one can only access if they too learn Ukrainian... Mondegreen is truly indulgent, a lyrical celebration of words and their power, not just to express but to transform.
--Lillian Posner "Los Angeles Review of Books" (8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM).
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- Bookseller
- Globus Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10796
- Title
- Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love
- Author
- Rafeyenko, Volodymyr
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 067427170X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674271708
- Publisher
- Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
- Date Published
- 2022
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