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📣 Please join us at HURI on October 27 for the official book launch of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 with author Oleksii Nikitin (online) and translators Dominique Hoffman and Catherine O'Neil (both in person)! The novel offers a tapestry of Ukrainian life under the brutal Soviet and Nazi regimes—based on declassified NKVD files and the author’s family archive. Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed will host the conversation.💡 Kyiv, 1941. After the horrors of the Civil War, the Holodomor, and Stalin’s purges, young Jewish boxer Ilya Goldinov and his wife, Feliksa, are looking ahead to a brighter future. Ilya is the top heavyweight boxer of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic and is primed for victory as champion of the entire Soviet Union. Feliksa, a country girl who recently moved to Kyiv, is a star athlete herself in track, deep in training for a major race. In the summer of 1941, the Nazi invasion changes everything. Feliksa must set aside her own desires in order to save the life of her daughter. Ilya immediately volunteers to defend his country but must first ensure the safe evacuation of his family, including his mother and siblings.
💙 Oleksii Nikitin is a prose writer born and living in Kyiv, Ukraine. His creative work focuses on the history of the generation that came of age during the final decade of the USSR’s existence, yet began its active professional life in independent Ukraine. Nikitin's novels have been published abroad and translated into several European languages. In 2024, 𝘉𝘢𝘵-𝘈𝘮𝘪 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦) was honored with the Sholom Aleichem Prize.
📍 IN-PERSON @ HURI | 34 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
🗓️ Tuesday, October 27 at 5:00 – 6:30 pm EDT
🔗 Learn more and register to attend: https://www.huri.harvard.edu/event/book-launch-face-of-fire-oleksii-nikitin-dominique-hoffman-catherine-oneil
🔗 This book will be released on October 27 by HURI Books. Learn more and preorder a copy now: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674304208
💛 HURI Books | Attendees are invited to enjoy light refreshments
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