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DESCRIPTION:Litquake is honored to present Ukraine's most well-known writer, Andrey 
 Kurkov, and his newest release in English, Diary of an Invasion, a 
 collection of writings and broadcasts from the frontlines of a 21st-century 
 war. Throughout the Russian assault, Kurkov has lived in Kyiv and in the 
 remote countryside, spending the sleepless nights delivering the truth 
 about this atrocity to the world. In the process, he has become an 
 important voice for his people, contributing satirical commentary to 
 international media, raising money for charities, and speaking throughout 
 Europe. His work is frequently compared to Vonnegut, Kafka, and Murakami. 
 He appears here in conversation with Russia-born author Olga Zilberbourg, 
 followed by book sales and signing. \n\n\nAndrey Kurkov was born near 
 Leningrad in 1961, and worked as a journalist, prison warder, cameraman and 
 screenwriter before becoming well-known as a novelist. His novel Death and 
 the Penguin, his first in English translation, became an international 
 bestseller, translated into more than 30 languages. As well as writing 
 fiction for adults and children, he has become known as a commentator and 
 journalist on Ukraine for the international media. His work of reportage, 
 Ukraine Diaries: Dispatches from Kiev, was published in 2014, followed by 
 the novel The Bickford Fuse (MacLehose Press, 2016). His novel Grey Bees, 
 set in eastern Ukraine, appeared in translation in 2022. He lives in Kyiv 
 with his wife and their three children.\n\nOlga Zilberbourg was born in 
 Leningrad and grew up in St. Petersburg. She has published four story 
 collections in Russian, and one in English, Like Water and Other Stories. 
 Her writing has appeared in World Literature Today, The Believer, Electric 
 Literature, Lit Hub, and others. She serves as a consulting editor at 
 Narrative Magazine. Together with Yelena Furman, she co-founded Punctured 
 Lines, a blog about literature from the former Soviet Union. She makes her 
 home in San Francisco.\n\nFree\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/03/04/18854691.php
SUMMARY:The Epicenter: Andrey Kurkov with Olga Zilberbourg
LOCATION:Hotel Emblem\n562 Sutter Street\nSan Francisco, CA 94102
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/03/04/18854691.php
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