Description
The first edition of this book came out in 2019. Its first print run sold out immediately, as did several subsequent ones. Almost six years have gone by since then, but «Ukraїner. Країна зсередини» is still often the first choice when it comes to suggesting books about Ukraine. Over the years, we’ve sold over 50,000 Ukrainian copies and published translated versions in the UK, Japan, and Germany.
Back in 2019, we only had a couple of months from conception to realisation. We burned the midnight oil collecting materials for the book, selecting stories from a plethora of videos, and writing the texts. Over the course of six years, a lot of these stories have changed: some lost relevance, while others took on additional meaning. In the new edition, some stories, updated with the context of the war, are seen in a new light. We’ve also added some stories from 2019 that initially were not included in the book but seem relevant to this day.
Book publisher Polly Powell wrote a short foreword for the UK edition, telling how she came about this book. A woman from Hostomel, fleeing to London at the beginning of the full-scale war, gave it to the hostess as a token of appreciation. Polly accepted the gift, and in just two months, initiated its publication in the UK. This is how a book about Ukraine appeared on the shelves of the largest UK bookstores.
Every similar story you share and every book about Ukraine you gift to foreigners has an incredible advocacy superpower. Copies of our book came to the hands of dozens of prime ministers and presidents of different countries, travelled to those who supplied us with weapons, and accompanied people who made the most important decisions for Ukraine during the full-scale war.
It is thanks to the success of this book that we gained trust and confidence in establishing our own publishing company. We strive to share the stories of «Ukraїner. Країна зсередини» with the world — the stories that show different sides of Ukraine, often not known and underappreciated.
