#nonfiction 2023; ISBN: 9781784878399
An unforgettable masterpiece recording the German occupation of Kyiv and the appalling holocaust of Jews and others at Babi Yar during World War II.
The writer described it as “a document in the form of a novel”, which reveals the significance of this book – a first-hand account of that brutal time in human history that should be remembered, especially when all of this was witnessed and retold by a 12-year-old boy.
A special point of this book is that the words are printed in two different types – ordinary type and heavier type, respectively representing the material published in the magazine Yunost in Moscow in 1966 and the material cut out by Soviet censor at that time. This makes the republication of the uncensored and expanded version of this book incredibly valuable, and ironically demonstrates that the intentionally covered historical truth will be known to the public one day in a more obvious way.
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has prompted people to rethink the tragic history and hard situation of Ukraine that being located between Eastern and Western powers. At this time, this book not only provides people with a chance to reflect but also to be inspired by the courage of a child.
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