{"product_id":"nobodys-saffron-yaryna-chornohuz-9798991525404","title":"Nobody's Saffron","description":"\u003cp\u003eYaryna Chornohuz's stunning new book, \u003cem\u003eNobody's Saffron\u003c\/em\u003e--her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecond to be translated into English by Amelia Glaser-invites readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto overhear the poet grappling with an almost unbearable challenge: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehow to stay human under extreme circumstances few of us can\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimagine. \"So here is humanity's paradox: \/ that some stand still before \/\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanother life in another's body, \/ ready at any moment to give their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife.\" Active military since before Russia's full-scale war began, first\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a medic, later as a drone operator, Chornohuz writes for her comrades in arms, dead and living. But she also writes of her daughter in Kyiv, whose future she is defending: \"when it comes time to part with my daughter \/(the moment of the next return to the front), \/ I dream of a religion with parables and symbols \/ to take the pain out of parting.\" Writing from the front lines, Chornohuz's poetry can be read as missives to those who have not experienced war close up, and to those future generations who, she hopes, will know a sovereign thriving Ukraine: \"greetings to you from my time, \/ to those born after my death, \/ from a time so \/ red black, gray, white--that in truth it can no longer describe itself\". Featured in both \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Yaryna Chornohuz, a poet of indelible strength and insight, has produced a book destined to become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yaryna Chornohuz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798991525404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arrowsmith Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Yaryna Chornohuz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084228075775,"sku":"9798991525404","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nobodys-saffron-yaryna-chornohuz-9798991525404","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}