I Wish Ashes upon My House
Essay by Daria Serenko
Essay by Daria Serenko
ORIGINAL TITLE: Я желаю пепла своему дому
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Suhrkamp, 2023
158 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: Czech (Akropolis), Danish (Palomar), Dutch (Koppernik), Spanish (Errata Naturae), Swedish (Ersatz), Portuguese (Antígona)
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Suhrkamp, 2023
158 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: Czech (Akropolis), Danish (Palomar), Dutch (Koppernik), Spanish (Errata Naturae), Swedish (Ersatz), Portuguese (Antígona)
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TRANSLATION RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY SUHRKAMP VERLAG
TRANSLATION RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY SUHRKAMP VERLAG
“The war caught us in the midst of it all. We froze, disarmed, pitiful and helpless, watching our bodies merge day after day with those of the young occupiers, turning into indecipherable streaks of blood across the snow-covered fields. During this merging, I periodically slip into dissociation, as though I am no longer myself, as though I am floating above my own empty body, reduced to a schematic outline like a satellite image.”