Living through Revolution: A View from an Apartment in Ukraine
Journal: Journal of international affairs
Year: 2014

A Review of Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev By Andrey Kurkov Translated by Sam Taylor with an afterword translated by Amanda Love Darragh (London: Harvill Seeker, 2014), 262 pages. Andrey Kurkov's diary begins on Thursday, 21 November 2013--the day the Ukrainian government decided to suspend preparations to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. Many Ukrainians hoped this agreement would draw Ukraine out of Russia's orbit and reorient it westward. After hearing the news, Ku