A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARWhen everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterdays words suffice?We were so happy and didnt know itA thirtythreeyearold writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment nearby. On weekends they go out for brunch, cook and see friends. Life is good it is normal. Then the invaders come.The Language of War is about what happens when your world changes overnight. When you wake up to the sound of helicopters and the smell of gunpowder. When your home is hit by shells or broken into by gunmen, and you spend another night in a basementturnedbomb shelter. When, even though youve never held a weapon before, you realise the only choice is to fight back. It is about things one can never forget, or forgive.Bringing together Oleksandr Mykheds vivid daybyday chronicles of the invasion of Ukraine with a chorus of other voices his family, friends in exile, those who have fought and have witnessed unimaginable atrocities this book is both a record, and a reckoning. Haunting and timeless, it asks how it is possible to find the words to describe a new reality how you can still make sense of the world when the only language you can speak is the language of war.

Binding: Paperback;304 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: BGHA; Weight: 620 g; Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 35

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