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The Orphanage
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
A devastating story of the struggle of civilians caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine
If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.
When hostile soldiers invade a neighboring city, Pasha, a thirty-five-year-old Ukrainian language teacher, sets out for the orphanage where his nephew Sasha lives, now in occupied territory. Venturing into combat zones, traversing shifting borders, and forging uneasy alliances along the way, Pasha realizes where his true loyalties lie in an increasingly desperate fight to rescue Sasha and bring him home.
Written with a raw intensity, this is a deeply personal account of violence that will be remembered as the definitive novel of the war in Ukraine.
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- Iain Rimmer
- 11-10-23
Amazing book about the 2014 invasion
beautifuly narrated, emotional story, should be made in to a movie. If you love Ukraine and understand all the nuances you will love this audio book.
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- Alisa
- 25-09-23
An absolute gem of wartime literature
This book is so precious on so many levels. It's a road trip novel about a family reunion and trying to make up for a broken child's trust. It is also a thriller about escaping non-imaginary, non-fantastic, very real horrors and death threatening circumstances. It's about growing up to understand that there's no true neutrality in this world and there has never been one unless you're a tree or stray dog. But most importantly it's a uniquely life-like depiction of the way this war had started. This is the voice you have to listen to if you want to understand anything about this war's nuance and complexity the way it manifested for the local population. It's looking into the very root of modern Ukrainian civic society, about really starting to care.
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