{"product_id":"rock-paper-grenade-paperback","title":"Rock, Paper, Grenade - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUkrainian writer and military serviceman Artem Chekh's book was the winner of the 2021 BBC News Ukraine Book of the Year Award and is a gritty and bald bildungsroman, a lilting picaresque of a life lived in the shadow of someone else's war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Tymofiy is five years old, his small family in Cherkasy, Ukraine grows by one. Not with the birth of a baby sister or brother, but with the appearance of Felix--mentor and tormentor, enemy and friend--Tymofiy's grandmother's sometime-boyfriend. \"Who are you?\" Felix screams in the depths of a confused and drunken rage at all who cross his path, his memories of the Soviet-Afghan war clouding his eyes and senses. \"Who are you?\" Tymofiy asks himself as he drifts through the streets of his hometown, searching for love and protection, for a better, happier way of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gritty, realist depiction of Ukraine and the post Soviet world, this book offers an affecting yet honest look into the life of someone suffering from PTSD. It is a story of growing up without much hope for a better future, and yet intense moments of connection and kindness persist. Just when things begin to seem insurmountably dark, a friendship begins, a kind word is said, or a hand reaches out and opens the curtains, letting in a little light.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103175217375,"sku":"9781644214275","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FoWm3Bo6qp9781644214275.webp?v=1781090430","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/rock-paper-grenade-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}