The Museum of Abandoned Secrets

The Museum of Abandoned Secrets (Ukrainian: Музей покинутих секретів) is a 2009 novel written by Oksana Zabuzhko. The novel, more than 800 pages long, spans six decades of contemporary Ukrainian history.[1]

Critics have compared the book to Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks and works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novel, Zabuzhko's third, is a modern multigenerational saga which covers the years 1940 to 2004, framed as investigations by a journalist, Daryna Hoshchynska, of historical events in western Ukraine including the Holodomor, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and later political changes, ending just before the Orange Revolution.[2][3]

The book won the 2010 award for best Ukrainian book, presented by Korrespondent magazine,[4] and the 2013 Angelus Central European Literature Award, presented by the City of Wroclaw.[5][6] Angelus jury president, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, described the book as a "book that weaves into one history and modernity, the book that features magic, love, betrayal, and death."[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Oksana Zabuzhko: 'Hard to be woman'", Kyiv Post, December 1, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ukrainian Writer Wins Central European Literary Award", Worldwide News Ukraine, October 21, 2013.
  3. ↑ Oleh Kotsarev, "The Museum of Abandoned Secrets" (review), Krytyka, March 2014.
  4. ↑ " Корреспондент назвав переможців конкурсу Краща українська книга-2010" ("Korrespondent named winners Best Ukrainian Book 2010"), Korrespondent, July 1, 2010 (in Ukrainian).
  5. ↑ Olesia Yaremchuk, "The Angel of Central Europe is flying to Ukraine: The winner of one of the most prestigious literature awards was named in Wroclaw", Den, October 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Angelus 2013 for Oksana Zabuzhko", City of Wroclaw, February 7, 2014.


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