Book Love (set of 2 books)
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The Book of Love is a collection of love poems by 46 Ukrainian poets, both classic and contemporary. This is an attempt to recreate the polyphony of Ukrainian love poetry and show its simultaneous diversity and similarity. This is love as it is - unpredictable and vulnerable, honest and frank, felt and warmed by the soul, touch, thought - and transformed into poems, each of which can find its own special place in someone's heart.
Poets and poets whose works are included in the collection: Andriy Lyubka, Anna Malygon, Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Bohdan Lepkyi, Bohdana Matiyash, Borys Hrinchenko, Vasyl Makhno, Vasyl Stus, Halyna Kruk, Halyna Petrosaniak, Hryhoriy Semenchuk, Hrytsko Chubai, Denys Mandziuk, Dmytro Lazutkin, Yevhen Pluzhnyk, Ivan Franko, Iryna Tsilyk, Iryna Shuvalova, Kateryna Babkina, Kateryna Mykhalitsyna, Kostiantyn Moskalets, Lesya Ukrainka, Lina Kostenko, Lyubov Yakymchuk, Marianna Kiyanovska, Mariana Savka, Mykola Kulinych, Myroslav Laiuk, Oksana Zabuzhko, Oksana Lutsyshyna, Oksana Pakhlovska, Oleh Romanenko, Oleksandr Oles, Olena Teliha, Olesya Mamchych, Ostap Slyvynsky, Pavlo Korobchuk, Serhiy Zhadan, Serhiy Osoka, Serhiy Tatchyn, Stepan Rudansky, Tanya-Maria Lytvyniuk, Uliana Halych, Yulia Musakovska, Yuriy Andrukhovych, Yuriy Izdryk.
Compiled by Kateryna Babkina, illustrated by Khrystyna Lukashchuk. The idea of Svitlana Paveletska.
Book 2. The book Love 2.0. Love and War
"The book Love 2.0. Love and War" is a collection of poems by 52 Ukrainian authors, both contemporary and classic. This is the second poetry anthology of intimate lyrics published by #knyholav: the first collection of poems about love, The Book of Love, was released in early 2022. The new collection depicts love in the context of war - showing the painful experiences and obstacles that feelings and relationships face in times of war, and giving hope that love can endure trials, give strength during the struggle, and heal wounds during recovery.
"The Book of Love 2.0. Love and War" is a variety of heartbreaking stories, artistic images and poetic reflections that are woven into a common thread of living through war. These poems contain a whole range of emotions and feelings: love and hate, passion and rage, the tenderness of touch and the sadness of separation, faith in love and the pain of loss. This is a poem about the darkness that comes with the arrival of the enemy, and about the light that must prevail . Among them are poems by contemporary authors, written under the experience of the current Russian-Ukrainian war, and poems by classics, which, created by Ukrainian artists in previous centuries, are now acquiring new meanings and readings. Some of the authors of the collection serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, some of them are at the frontline and continue to write, capturing what love looks like in wartime. The collection Love 2.0. Love and War" was created in particular as a sign of gratitude to the Armed Forces and everyone who works for victory, as well as in memory of those who gave their lives to defend Ukraine : Anna Malygon, Anton Polunin, Antonina Kornuta, Artem Polezhaka, Bohdana Matiyash, Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Volodymyr Svidzinsky, Halyna Kruk, Halyna Myroslava, Hrytsko Chubai, Dmytro Lazutkin, Yevhen Pluzhnyk, Ivan Franko, Illya Chernilevsky, Iryna Brzezinska, Iryna Tsilyk, Iryna Shuvalova, Kateryna Babkina, Kateryna Devdera, Kateryna Kalytko, Kateryna Mykhalitsyna, Lala Tarapakina, Lesya Ukrainka, Maksym Kryvtsov, Marianna Kiyanovska, Mariana Lelyk, Mariana Savka, Mykola Kulinych, Mykhailo Dry-Khmara, Mykhailo Semenko, Nadiya Koverska, Oksana Hryvul, Oleh Olzhych, Oleksandr Polozhynskyi, Olena Teliha, Ostap Slyvynskyi, Pavlo Vyshebaba, Pavlo Korobchuk, Pavlo Matiusha, Petro Yatsenko, Serhiy Demchuk, Cedric, Serhiy Tatchyn, Sofia Bezverkha, Tanya-Maria Lytvyniuk, Taras Shevchenko, Tetiana Vlasova, Uliana Halych, Yulia Iliukha, Yulia Musakovska, Yuriy Darahan, Yuriy Izdryk.