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Author_Andrey Kurkov
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- ISBN 9781919503363
- Dimensions: 111 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 27 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Open Borders Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 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. Children 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. In 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. From 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.
Andrey Kurkov has, since the Russian invasion, become one of the leading sources of reliable information on what is happening in Ukraine. He has travelled far and wide to lecture on the state of his country and is now a crucial voice for his people: 'Ukraine's greatest novelist is fighting for his country', according to Giles Harvey of the New York Times.
