Minlyva khmarnist' z proiasnenniamy [Changeable Cloudiness with Clearings]

Svitlana Povalyaeva's new book of poems is a complex combination of sketches from life in the rear and at the front. War, love, constant waiting, hope, loss. Steppes and trenches, the deceptive comfort of home and the whistling of rockets overhead, defenders and enemies. Own and others. A macabre story that we live every day. A time that was not chosen. Land for which they are ready to hold on until death. Jaw-dropping losses. ‘War is not a victory, but just life as it is.’