Book review

Lewis Kieran Barclay reviews "Consul on Ideology: Modern Ukrainian Far-Right Nationalism" by Oleksii Rains, a book about the ideology and political ambitions of Ukraine’s far-right movement.

Georgie Archer reviews Andriy Kurkov's Death and the Penguin and its sequel Penguin Lost, drawing links between Misha the penguin’s mental and physical state - in which he comes to embody the [...]

Flavia Stähli reviews Oana Aristide’s "Astronaut!", a darkly funny novel that uses satire, murder and a child’s perspective to expose the fear, lies and conformity of Ceaușescu’s Romania.

Ana Muñoz unpacks Bart de Baere’s “Three Essays on Eurasia”, tracing how it reimagines Eurasia through transnationalism, contemporary art and resistance to Russian imperialism.

Mathieu Lemoine reviews Svetlana Alexievich's “Secondhand Time”, a book about why the Soviet Union disappeared faster than the Soviet mindset it created.

Maya Ivanova reviews “Seven Kilos of Camomile” by Rumjana Zacharieva, a book about how communist Bulgaria imposed labour and ideology even on childhood.

Suzanne Rademaker reviews Hanna Komar’s "When I'm Out of Here: Staying Human in a Dictator's Jail"- a powerful story of repression, solidarity and survival.

Maya Ivanova reviews Theodora Dimova’s "Mothers", a novel about how Bulgaria’s post-communist transition to democracy fractured families, leaving parents struggling to adapt and children forced [...]

Mathieu Lemoine reviews Olga Shparaga’s “The Revolution Has a Female Face. The Case of Belarus", exploring the legacy of Belarus’s 2020 uprising.

Maya Ivanova reviews "Baba Yaga Laid an Egg" - a wickedly funny, feminist reinvention of Slavic folklore.