Hemingway Knows Nothing
Hemingvey nichoho ne znaye
Author: Artur Dron’
Illustrations: —
For readers: Adults
Language: Ukrainian
Publisher / Series: Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva
Year of publication: 2025
Edition type: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
Dimensions: 130 × 200 mm
Weight: 230 g
ISBN: 978‑966‑448‑519‑4
Description:
“Hemingway Knows Nothing is contemporary prose born on the frontline. In this book the author speaks about war not as a literary observer but as someone who was there himself. It is a book where words smell of smoke and the silence between the lines is louder than explosions…
This book of short prose is the testimony of a soldier about the experience of a great war: faith at the front, brotherhood among soldiers, fear and hope, death and love. The author works through his own traumatic memories, yet the text can become psychotherapy not only for him but also for readers. He speaks about himself, recounts reality and dreams, but above all captures life on the edge. He tells of people of great love on whom everything depends. Here the Trench Lord appears, the Newest Testament begins, and Ukrainian culture in a backpack becomes support, while recognized masters of war literature fail the test of reality. They know nothing about us, Ukrainians. Only we can speak for ourselves, for everything has changed on the Eastern Front. And Artur Dron’ speaks about it frankly and directly — as those who were on the edge and returned.” Stary Lev
