21st century essays.

Note on the text -- The village (fugue) -- On our way home from the revolution -- Bloodlines (or, although a good man, a muscovite) -- Instructions for parents in upbringing children -- Duck and cover -- Word portrait -- Veselka -- Article 54 of the criminal code of the Ukrainian SSR -- Samizdat -- The village (interlude) -- Encyclopedia of earthly things -- Swing state -- The village (reprise) -- I saw the sunshine, melting -- The village (Da Capo)

"Essays by a child of the Ukrainian diaspora who, in the aftermath of the 2014 revolution, becomes disillusioned and returns home. Ultimately considers her national, familial, and ideological heritage, challenges notions of innocence and complicity, and questions the roots of patriotism"--