Looking at women looking at war : a war and justice diary

Book

Looking at women looking at war : a war and justice diary / Victoria Amelina ; with a foreword by Margaret Atwood.

Amelina, Viktorii͡a, (author.). Atwood, Margaret, 1939- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"Destined to be a classic, a poet's powerful look at the courage of resistance When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son. Now she became someone new: a war crimes researcher and the chronicler of extraordinary women like herself who joined the resistance. These heroines include Evgenia, a prominent lawyer turned soldier, Oleksandra, who documented tens of thousands of war crimes and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2022, and Yulia, a librarian who helped uncover the abduction and murder of a children's book author. Everyone in Ukraine knew that Amelina was documenting the war. She photographed the ruins of schools and cultural centers; she recorded the testimonies of survivors and eyewitnesses to atrocities. And she slowly turned back into a storyteller, writing what would become this book. On the evening of June 27th, 2023, Amelina and three international writers stopped for dinner in the embattled Donetsk region. When a Russian cruise missile hit the restaurant, Amelina suffered grievous head injuries, and lost consciousness. She died on July 1st. She was thirty-seven. She left behind an incredible account of the ravages of war and the cost of resistance. Honest, intimate, and wry, this book will be celebrated as a classic"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250367686
ISBN: 1250367689
Physical Description: xi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: Part I: The time of choices -- Part II: Looking for my way -- Part III: Living the war -- Part IV: Answers and victories.