''Grey Bees'' is a
novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...
by
Ukrainian
Ukrainian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
author
Andrey Kurkov. Originally published in 2018 in Kurkov’s native
Russian, it was translated by
Boris Dralyuk and published in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
in 2020 (by MacLehose Press, UK) and 2022 (by Deep Vellum, USA).
This novel has "elements of both the fable and the epic", and it dramatises the conflict in Ukraine through the adventures of a
beekeeper
A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees.
Beekeepers are also called honey farmers, apiarists, or less commonly, apiculturists (both from the Latin '' apis'', bee; cf. apiary). The term beekeeper refers to a person who keeps honey bees i ...
.
References
External links
PBS NewsHour interview with Andrey Kurkov(April 11, 2022)
Novels by Andrey Kurkov
2018 novels
Fiction about beekeeping
Russian-Ukrainian culture
Russian-language novels
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