David Demchuk's collection of short stories about some of Ukraine's most impossible times is a combination of disturbing and somewhat heartbreaking. This book was released in 2017 and was one the 2017 Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, won Canada's Sunburst Award in 2018 for adult fiction, and in 2020 was on the Kobzar Book Award shortlist.
Stories include subject matter around the Holodomor, murder, ghosts, and general uncomfortable topics that are not for the faint of heart.