Apocalypse Baroque

'What a tremendous book – oracular, clear, vital. It will shift the ground under every reader of it – its take on story and reality delivers earth-shaking understanding of both.'

Ali Smith

‘Raging, tender and utterly singular, Sasha fuses fairytales to memoir and passionate argument to create an extraordinary lightning bolt of a book.'

Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian

'War stories and folktales can resonate with one another in the most unexpected ways. This book's distinctive voice shifts the reader’s perspective on the events being described'
Andrey Kurkov

‘Dovzhyk is fighting language in her book, fighting easy polemical highs, fighting readymade forms of witnessing and testifying, fighting nonfiction tics and tricks … every page is infused with prose that grips your being in its entirety’

Maria Tumarkin, author of Axiomatic

‘Sasha Dovzhyk’s spellbinding, elegant book comes to us as a voice for a generation … she knows tales can save, and that words can ensure a people “is not destined to forgetfulness”’

Natalie Nougayrède, The Guardian

'Raw, erudite, mystical. Ukraine’s defiant, raging, punk rock spirit is captured here, like lightning in a bottle.

Andrew Harding, author ofA Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine

'A staggering achievement and a dark miracle of a collection… Expertly researched, compellingly written and absolutely essential. There aren't enough accolades. Read the book.'

Fiona Benson, author of Vertigo & Ghost