{"product_id":"ukrainian-lessons","title":"Ukrainian Lessons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading’ PHILIPPA PERRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book for our times’ PHILIPPE  SANDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA brilliant and unforgettable book' EDMUND DE WAAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on two decades of cultural journalism, three years of reporting trips to Ukraine and her training as a classicist, \u003ci\u003eUkrainian Lessons \u003c\/i\u003eexplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An excellent book' HENRY MARSH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A survival manual for our blood-stricken times’ JACQUELINE ROSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Beautiful, erudite, heart-breaking’ LINDSEY HILSUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56793012896088,"sku":"9781787335974","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781787335974_5daaabb9-d56a-4fe3-ad1e-0bd2f459c259.jpg?v=1780119036","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ukrainian-lessons","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}