{"product_id":"signals-of-being-or-verbum-caro-factum-est-a-play-in-three-acts-9780674302662","title":"Signals of Being, or Verbum Caro Factum Est: A Play in Three Acts","description":"In the early days of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the residents of a small co-op community outside of Kyiv find themselves in increasingly desperate circumstances, surrounded by occupying Russian forces. Pinched between Bucha and Borodianka, cut off from aid, and unable to escape, their attempts at survival rely on connection: a cellphone signal in the forest, their bonds with each other, and, ultimately, new understandings of what it means to be Ukrainian. Weaving Shakespeare with both Ukrainian literary classics and contemporary works, Volodymyr Rafeyenko's \u003ci\u003eSignals of Being\u003c\/i\u003e stages a captivating dramatic interpretation of a country at war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Volodymyr Rafeyenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674302662\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRafeyenko, Volodymyr:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Volodymyr Rafeyenko is an award-winning Ukrainian writer, poet, translator, and literary and film critic. Although he initially wrote and published in Russian, his novel \u003ci\u003eMondegreen: Songs about Death and Love\u003c\/i\u003e was his first written in Ukrainian. It was nominated for the Taras Shevchenko National Prize, Ukraine's highest award in arts and culture. Among other recognitions, he is the winner of the Volodymyr Korolenko Prize for the novel \u003ci\u003eBrief Farewell Book\u003c\/i\u003e and the Visegrad Eastern Partnership Literary Award for the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Length of Days\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndryczyk, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark Andryczyk teaches Ukrainian literature and is Associate Research Scholar in the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Intellectual as Hero in 1990s Ukrainian Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and has published translations of numerous Ukrainian poets and writers.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Volodymyr Rafeyenko \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47858830016669,"sku":"9780674302662","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_278f61c6-4ddc-4868-b970-5b34de027b5c.jpg?v=1776861334","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/signals-of-being-or-verbum-caro-factum-est-a-play-in-three-acts-9780674302662","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}