Grey Bees: A captivating, heartwarming story about a gentle beekeeper caught up in the war in Ukraine

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Grey Bees: A captivating, heartwarming story about a gentle beekeeper caught up in the war in Ukraine

Grey Bees: A captivating, heartwarming story about a gentle beekeeper caught up in the war in Ukraine

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The deception and deceit increase the closer he gets to the Russian motherland—whose boundaries are quickly advancing westward as more and more territories are occupied. Ganz abgesehen von der inhaltlichen Stärke von "Graue Bienen" kann Andrej Kurkow auch wirklich fantastisch schreiben und Geschichten erzählen - besonders die Idee, die Bienen als Ordnung zum Gegenteil des Chaos der Menschen als Motiv zu wählen, hat mich sehr fasziniert. Eigentlich kommt er gut durch den Tag, der Krieg interessiert ihn nicht und er versorgt sich selbst. The bees are a nice touch too—not too front and center, but the low-level care and attention they need the kind of obligation that helps keeps Sergeyich focused.

While on the one hand, Grey Bees explores (and reveals for people like me who didn’t know so much about the background) some of the complexities of the conflict that has only further heightened in the past year or so but has been continuing for some time now and many of the realities of life in some parts of these territories, on the other it also manages to remain a heart-warming story of likeable characters (particularly our central one) whom one roots for all through.While the characterizations of women in the novel could be better and the white gaze aspects are likely to raise some eyebrows, the overall message of shared humanity is quite lovely, particularly in the face of military occupation. Von den ehemaligen Dorfbewohner*innen sind nur noch er und sein Feindfreund Paschko übrig - und natürlich die Bienen von Sergej. Among Kurkov's most famous Russian novels are 'Smert postoronnego' (1996, translated into English in 2001 under the title 'Death and the Penguin') and 'Zakon ulitki' (2002, translated into English in 2005 under the title 'Penguin lost)'. Ein wirklich genialer Roman über einen Krieg auf europäischen Boden, der (noch) nicht in den Geschichtsbüchern steht, sondern weitgehend ohne größere Aufmerksamkeit der deutschen Öffentlichkeit seit 2014 andauert: der Krieg zwischen Russland und der Ukraine in der Ostukraine im sogenannten Donbass, dem Donezbecken.

In the village where he lives and then throughout his journey from Donbas to Crimea, he is frequently faced with many moral dilemmas in terms of the importance of his values that he must address. Maybe a sentence made us catch our breath, not just for its beauty, but for that lightning moment of recognition, that undefinable something that speaks to that something inside us. In Crimea, he finds stunning natural beauty and peace, but these contrast with the life of the Tatars themselves who face constant injustice and persecution.Even though Sergeyich is treated well by the Tatar community as well as officials and local authorities, there is always this anxious atmosphere as he never knows how the ones in the power or from the other communities will react to him – a man from Grey Zone. alighanem azért jó, mert Kurkov mesterien mutatja be, hogyan kell egy viszonyulást fokozatosan felépíteni, ahelyett, hogy lendületből rákényszerítenénk az olvasóra. Und wie der Autor es am Ende schafft, das Leben der Menschen und der Bienen gleiche Bedeutung beizumessen, so dass man sich fragt, wer denn nun eigentlich die Grauen sind, ist schon eine raffinierte Symbolik.



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