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Dark Days, Determined People
Book • 2024
Dark Days, Determined People collects twenty reportage pieces by Bohdan Ben and Orysia Hrudka, recorded across Ukraine between 2022 and 2024, focusing on civilians, soldiers, volunteers, and cultural figures.
The book emphasizes grassroots agency—small decisions and everyday actions—that shaped Ukraine's resistance and survival under siege.
Each story combines on-the-ground observation with historical and cultural context to convey the lived reality of occupation, evacuation, shortages, and resilience.
It also addresses themes like vulnerability, innovation (including drone production), rehabilitation after injury, and the role of culture in survival and identity.
Published in English by Ibidem-Verlag, the book aims to bring Ukrainian perspectives to international readers through narrative reportage.
The book emphasizes grassroots agency—small decisions and everyday actions—that shaped Ukraine's resistance and survival under siege.
Each story combines on-the-ground observation with historical and cultural context to convey the lived reality of occupation, evacuation, shortages, and resilience.
It also addresses themes like vulnerability, innovation (including drone production), rehabilitation after injury, and the role of culture in survival and identity.
Published in English by Ibidem-Verlag, the book aims to bring Ukrainian perspectives to international readers through narrative reportage.
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