Darlings of Justice
Darlings of Justice (Коханці юстиції)
Author: Yuri Andrukhovych
Translator: Vitaly Chernetsky
Translation: Ukrainian to English
Darlings of Justice is the sixth novel by Yuri Andrukhovych, a leading contemporary Ukrainian author. Subtitled “a parahistorical novel in eight and a half episodes,” the book marked Andrukhovych’s long-awaited return to plot-driven narrative prose from works in a more essayistic mode. The entire novel is closely linked to Ukraine. As a result, it can be read as a powerful meditation on the puzzles and paradoxes of Ukrainian history, the eternal return of a certain set of complexes and traumas experienced by different generations of Ukrainians, and an exploration of their hopes, dreams, and daring feats. Darlings of Justice won the prestigious “BBC Book of the Year” award in 2018.