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Since 9 August 2020, protests against the criminal group calling itself the authorities have been going on in Belarus. These protests have already managed to divide the lives of Belarusians into "before" and "after."

The book «We will wake up different» is an invitation to listen to the incredibly beautiful and at the same time terrible music of the revolution through the voices of ten contemporary Belarusian writers: Tatsiana Nyadbay, Anna Seviarynets, Alger Baharevich, Maria Martysevich, Dmitriy Strotsev, Yulia Tsimafeeva, Uladzia Lankevich, Andrei Hadanovich, Valzhina Mort and Uladzimir Arlov.

Listen to hear not only the testimonies, analyses and reflections of Belarusian intellectuals, but also hope and despair, pride and pain, confidence and scepticism, joy and fear of people who deserve respect, dignity and empathy, because without all these emotions and their overtones, any solidarity and true understanding of what is happening in Belarus is impossible.

However, these interviews with Belarusian writers are not only about talking about Belarus today, Belarus under Lukashenko, but also an attempt to see and understand Belarus in continuity: with its history, traditions and national characteristics. In some ways, it is very similar to Ukraine, and in some ways, it is radically different.

For everyone who is ready to accept someone else's tragedy as their own and share their neighbour's joy as their own.

On the cover is an illustration by Anna Redko from the Belarus2020 series «Write letters to political prisoners» (2020).