Every Ukrainian living in London is likely to have encountered the work of the Ukrainian Institute, which is aimed at promoting Ukrainian culture, language, history, current affairs and business through the program of events, seminars and educational activities. One of such activities is an organised Ukrainian Literary Club.
Ukrainian book Club gives an opportunity for the lovers of Ukrainian literature to come together and discuss the works of both contemporary and classical literature. These public meetings take place on Saturday mornings and the admission is free of charge although you may require to register your attendance in advance. The first monthly session this year will kick off this Saturday, the 30th January 2016 from the 11.00 am until 1:30 pm.
A new season of the Literary Club will start with a discussion of the novels by a prolific Ukrainian writer Mykola Khvylyovy. The book club will focus on his two novels - ”I. Romance” and “Ivan Ivanovych”. Khvylyovy (December 1, 1893 – May 13, 1933) believed that communism could co-exist with an idea of a national revolution, and so his works were overwhelmed with symbolic meanings and controversies. The hero of the novel “I. Romance” is the head officer of the local CheKa, who sentenced his mother to death in the name of the ideals of the revolution. The battle between the harsh reality and the dream on Khvylyovy`s creative way has ended, when after Stalin's repressions against his friends in the pro-Ukrainian Communist movement, Mykola Khvylyovy committed suicide.
The book Club is lead by a literature enthusiast Volodymyr Oleyko, who also teaches Ukrainian and English languages at the Ukrainian Institute.The attendees will be given hand-outs and extracts from the reading during the discussion. You may also subscribe to receive email-notifications for forthcoming events to ensure you never miss your favourite author or a book. If you register for the event in advance you will be provided with a copy of the material or an excerpt from book/writing to be discussed:
http://ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/upcoming-events/
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