{"product_id":"dasein-in-defence-of-presence","title":"dasein: in defence of presence","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Ms. Chornohuz’s story is emblematic of a poetry boom that has swept Ukraine during the war with Russia.” – The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One of Ukraine’s most celebrated poets.” – The Guardian.                                           \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Chornohuz’s exhortation in defence of Ukraine’s presence is at once melancholy yet resolute.\" - Asymptote            \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYaryna Chornohuz (born 1995) is an internationally celebrated poet and corporal in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. She volunteered as a paramedic in 2019, joined the Marines the following year, and took part in fierce battles in defence of Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion launched on 24 February...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePoetry from the front lines of the Russo-Ukrainian war\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat does it mean to defend human presence against a genocidal force that intends to destroy it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYaryna Chornohuz’s poems are meditations from the front line of this defence. They are acts of testimony to pain and loss in war yet also to the hope that underlies Ukrainian resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFaced with an existential threat, those who choose to fight paradoxically have no choice at all for without defence, there is no survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA belief in the immeasurable value of human lives inspires Yaryna Chornohuz’s military service and poetry alike.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs she says, “We could be killed but we are leaving behind our poetry so we can continue to be a nation through our literature and our art.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYaryna Chornohuz’s poetry is urgent reading for all who are not yet under direct attack by brutal tyranny but who wish to understand what it means to defend individual and collective forms of existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\/pages\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback \/ 100 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781914990304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJantar Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yaryna Chornohuz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54507791352141,"sku":"9781914990304","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/9325\/3689\/files\/61QJwg0NGkL._AC_UF894_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1786627950","url":"https:\/\/knygynas.biz\/products\/dasein-in-defence-of-presence","provider":"Knygynas eureka!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}