My Final Territory: Selected Essays

Yuri Andrukhovych

Published by University of Toronto Press 2018

My Final Territory

Selected Essays

Yuri Andrukhovych
Translated by: Mark Andryczyk and Michael Naydan

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487513801

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About this book

Yuri Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine’s preeminent authors and cultural commentators.

My Final Territory is a collection of Andrukhovych’s philosophical, autobiographical, political, and literary essays, which demonstrate his enormous talent as an essayist to the English-speaking world.

Author / Editor information

Andrukhovych Yuri :

Yuri Andrukhovych is one of Ukraine’s preeminent authors and cultural commentators.
Andryczyk Mark :

Mark Andryczyk obtained his PhD in Ukrainian Language and Literature from the University of Toronto.
Naydan Michael :

Michael M. Naydan is Woskob Family Professor of Ukrainian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews

Alexander Burak, University of Florida:

"We should feel grateful to the translators for making Andrukhovych’s incisive essays available, for the first time and in one place, to English-speaking audiences."

Myroslav Shkandrij, Department of Slavic Studies, University of Manitoba:
"Combining playful memoir writing, history, fiction, and travelogue, My Final Territory gathers Andrukhovych’s best essays from 1996 to 2011, highlighting　his views of Galicia, Lviv, Kyiv, and attitudes toward Poles, Russians, and the Soviet past. Most importantly, Andrukhovych is concerned with questions of identity, their complexity and the whimsical grounds on which they are constructed.

This translation of My Final Territory captures Andrukhovych’s ‘lightness of touch’ admirably. The English-language reader learns much about Ukraine that will be novel, eye-opening, and inspiring. This is the most valuable achievement of the collection. It allows the reader to hear and see from the perspective of an outstanding contemporary Ukrainian writer and intellectual who engages with the opinions about his country held by others."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
A Biographical Preface about the Author Michael M. Naydan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
En Route Endeavours Mark Andryczyk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Author’s Introduction Yuri Andrukhovych Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
Autobiographical Essay
The Central-Eastern Revision Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Culturological and Political Essays
Erz-Herz-Perz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
The City-Ship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Carpathologia Cosmophilica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Time and Place, or My Final Territory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
A Little Bit of Urban Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
What Language Are You From: A Ukrainian Writer among the Temptations of Temporariness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Meeting Place Germaschka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Four Million for Our Agents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
A Land of Dreams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
The Star Absinthe: Notes on a Bitter Anniversary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Love and Hatred in Kyiv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Seven Hundred Fierce Days, or the Role of a Contrabass in the Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 192

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Published: September 10, 2018
ISBN: 9781487513801