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Forgottenness
Georgia says: I’m recommending this book for anyone interested in the background of Ukraine’s path to becoming an independent country – – independent of either Poland or Russia. Yes, this is a novel, but the author goes to great lengths to convey the history of Viacheslav Lypynskyi, who was an ardent activist in promoting the independence of Ukraine (unsuccessfully) very early in the 20th century, even though he, himself, was an ethnic Pole. His story alternates with the story of a young, 21st Century, Ukrainian woman who discovers that her path through life in many ways – – because they were both troubled people – – parallels the life of Lypynskyi. An interesting read, not so much because of flowing prose, but because of the history it brings to the fore in a time when Ukraine is so much in the news.