{"product_id":"stalinville-oless-ulianenko-9780674307629","title":"Stalinville","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in Kyiv in the turbulent years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, \u003ci\u003eStalinville\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, unflinching portrait of a society emerging from decades of violence, repression, and moral ruin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonah, a man from the social margins, survives by instinct rather than hope. After being confined to a psychiatric asylum--where the cruelty of Soviet power has grown into its most grotesque form--he escapes into the city, only to discover that the world beyond the asylum walls is no less deranged. Kyiv's neighborhood of Stalinville, a concrete relic of Stalinist ambition, becomes a nightmarish landscape of corruption, brutality, and spiritual exhaustion, where freedom offers no shelter and survival demands a constant reckoning with despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet amid the violence and decay, Jonah clings to a fragile belief in transformation. With fierce empathy and relentless honesty, Ulianenko follows his protagonist through a post-Soviet wasteland populated by broken institutions and broken people, asking whether redemption is possible when society itself seems irreparably damaged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften compared to Émile Zola for his uncompromising naturalism, Oless Ulianenko is one of Ukraine's most controversial and powerful literary voices. Awarded the Junior Taras Shevchenko Prize, \u003ci\u003eStalinville\u003c\/i\u003e remains a literary landmark--disturbing, visionary, and essential--for understanding the psychic aftermath of Soviet rule and the brutal birth of a new reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oless Ulianenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674307623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674307629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Oless Ulianenko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48743117717759,"sku":"9780674307629","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stalinville-oless-ulianenko-9780674307629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}