Сергій Жадан
Born 1974 · Ukraine
BBC Ukrainian Book 2017 · Shortlist
Інтернат · Internat
Serhiy Zhadan · 43 when first published
Novel · 336 pages · War
AI-generated summary:Donbas, January 2015. Pasha, a schoolteacher who has tried to stay out of the war, watches the front line creep towards his home, and is forced to cross it and then find his way back.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2014 · Shortlist
Месопотамія · Mesopotamiia
Serhiy Zhadan · 40 when first published
Short stories · 328 pages · Love
AI-generated summary:Nine stories and thirty poems about the same circle of people in a city between two rivers, Babylonian tales of love and death, street fights and daily passions, betrayals, escapes and returns.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2010 · Winner
Ворошиловград · Voroshylovhrad
Serhiy Zhadan · 36 when first published
Novel · 456 pages · Crime
AI-generated summary:A young man is pulled out of his settled life when his brother vanishes without a trace and strangers lay claim to his business, forcing him to return to his home town in eastern Ukraine.
BBC Ukrainian Book 2006 · Winner
Kapital
Title translated by AI:“Capital”
Serhiy Zhadan · 32 when first published
Short stories · 797 pages