33 books for another Belarus

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Svetlana Alexievich

The Unwomanly Face of War

Svetlana Alexievich's documentary text, written in 1983 and published in Russian in the Soviet Union in 1985, is about women who fought in the Red Army during the Second World War but who have not become part of the collective memory. They tell the a... More

Valjancin Akudovič

Rustle of Silence

Valjancin Akudovič is one of the central figures of the Belarusian rebirth of the transition period, whose representatives were concerned with national self-determination, overcoming the colonial legacy and establishing Belarusian culture. “The time... More

Kacia Chekatoŭskaya

The Last Breakfast

The Last Breakfast (theatre texts) The volume includes six plays: Mastectomy, The Last Breakfast, Discreet, Half a Year, Gorgons, Theatre. In each play, Kacia Chekatoūskaya takes a close look at those different forms of violence and control th... More

Aliaxey Talstou

Errors and Gaps

In his book Errors and Gaps, Aliaxey Talstou deals with the big issues of the present: the connection between information technologies and human consciousness, the instrumentalisation of history by authoritarian regimes, the effects of capitalism.... More

Tanya Dzivakova and Vera Burlak

Language Games

The artist and educator Tanya Dzivakova and the poet, translator and doctor of literature Vera Burlak are developing language games for children in Belarusian, a language that is coming under increasing pressure in today's Belarus. Many children left... More

Mikhail Gulin

The Great Majority

In this book, the artist Mikhail Gulin tells the story of the largest animals on our planet, those currently living and those already extinct. He doesn't just tell the story, but he also puts them in relation to each other: What is big? Big, heavy, p... More

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