The War That Changed Ukraine: Ukrainian Short Stories, Poems, and Essays

On February 24, 2022, Europe awoke to the reality of war.

Ukrainians awoke to a rupture in life itself. Four years later, this date is no longer just a point in history. It is a wound that still speaks. A memory that still demands attention. A reality that continues to exist. As a publishing house, we believe that literature has a special responsibility in moments like these to preserve human experiences.

That is why today we are presenting a collection of short stories, essays, and poems: "The War That Changed Us" by Kateryna Pylypchuk, published in our Ukrainian Voices series. The book consists of short stories and poems written in the first months of Russia's large-scale invasion. It captures what it felt like when normal life plunged into emergency--when time was no longer measured in days, but in sirens, power outages, departures, and fragile moments of care.

Reviewer Nicole Yurcaba wrote that the book "teaches the world how every Ukrainian felt." Not through analysis, but through proximity. Journalist and writer Kateryna Flekman describes the text as a record of emotional changes - from shock and sensory loss to what the author calls "multisensitivity": an heightened, almost painful awareness of life that war imposes on people.

In the last poem, "Clock of the War," time itself begins to pulsate--ticking from the invasion to the as-yet-unachieved victory.

The foreword to this edition was written by Viktor Yushchenko, the third president of Ukraine, who reminds readers that words outlive events and that literature becomes a historical testimony long after the headlines have faded. He sees this book as part of a collective record--one that future generations will turn to in order to understand what Ukrainians have gone through and how they have resisted oblivion. This book is important now because the war is not over. Because attention is fleeting. Because memory needs a form.

It is also important because it has an impact. A portion of the author's royalties will be donated to support the Ukrainian armed forces. Reading this book is not only an act of witness, but also an act of solidarity.

Today, 4 years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, we invite you to read "The War That Changed Us" - or to recommend it to others. To pause. To feel. To remember that behind every statistic there is a human voice.

The book is available internationally through Amazon and all relevant online platforms.

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