{"product_id":"rock-paper-grenade-paperback","title":"Rock, Paper, Grenade - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArtem Chekh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eOlena Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eOksana Rosenblum\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUkrainian writer and military serviceman Artem Chekh's book was the winner of the 2021 BBC News Ukraine Book of the Year Award and is a gritty and bald bildungsroman, a lilting picaresque of a life lived in the shadow of someone else's war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tymofiy is five years old, his small family in Cherkasy, Ukraine grows by one. Not with the birth of a baby sister or brother, but with the appearance of Felix--mentor and tormentor, enemy and friend--Tymofiy's grandmother's sometime-boyfriend. \"Who are you?\" Felix screams in the depths of a confused and drunken rage at all who cross his path, his memories of the Soviet-Afghan war clouding his eyes and senses. \"Who are you?\" Tymofiy asks himself as he drifts through the streets of his hometown, searching for love and protection, for a better, happier way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gritty, realist depiction of Ukraine and the post Soviet world, this book offers an affecting yet honest look into the life of someone suffering from PTSD. It is a story of growing up without much hope for a better future, and yet intense moments of connection and kindness persist. Just when things begin to seem insurmountably dark, a friendship begins, a kind word is said, or a hand reaches out and opens the curtains, letting in a little light.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eARTEM CHEKH \u003c\/b\u003eis a Ukrainian author and soldier. He is the author of some sixteen books, including Absolute Zero, and his work has been translated into English, Polish, Czech, and Russian. Chekh is currently serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOLENA JENNINGS \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the poetry collection The Age of Secrets (Lost Horse Press, 2022) and the novel Temporary Shelter (Cervena Barva Press, 2021). Her translation with the author of Yuliya Musakovska's poetry collection \u003ci\u003eThe God of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is forthcoming from Arrowsmith Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOKSANA ROSENBLUM \u003c\/b\u003eis an art history researcher and translator based in New York City. She was born and raised in Ukraine but has called NYC her home since 2003. Her poetry translations from Ukrainian, essays, and book reviews appeared in National Translation Month, Versopolis, Ukrainian Weekly, Asymptote, Bracken, and Arrowsmith. She co-edited a bilingual volume of the early poetry of Mykola Bazhan, an important and prolific 20th-century Ukrainian poet (Academic Studies Press, 2020).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44167007371399,"sku":"9781644214275","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/FoWm3Bo6qp9781644214275.webp?v=1773247817","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rock-paper-grenade-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}