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The Ukrainian Book Institute is a government entity, part of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine. Its mission is to shape state policy in the area of book publishing, promote book reading in Ukraine, support book industry, provide incentives for translations, and popularize Ukrainian literature abroad.

Diary of a Hunger Striker

Oleh Sentsov

Biography

Translated by Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurkan.

A remarkable two-book volume: Diary of A Hunger Striker, the first-hand account of celebrated Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, jailed unfairly as a political prisoner, during his 145-day-long hunger strike in a Russian prison; and Four and a Half Steps, his newest collection of short stories. Sentsov’s prison diary begins three days into his indefinite hunger strike, as he calls for the release of all political prisoners in Russia. Frank, sharp, and detailed, the diary recounts day after day of observations and thoughts about his daily life, from interactions with guards, police officers, good and bad, to his thoughts on fellow writers and the world outside his cell.

ISBN: 9781646053162