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The Motif of Disease in the Literature and Culture of Ukraine and Other States of the Post-Soviet Area
This book constitutes an invitation to examine the question of disease in the literature and culture of Ukraine and other states of the post-Soviet space. The position occupied by the motifs of malady in works created in the region has to do, first and foremost, with its oppressive past. The authors of the texts collected in the volume treat disease as a metaphor that allows them to connect images of dysfunctional carnality with reflection on the condition of societies struggling to cope with traumatic experiences.
