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It’s a story about the anti-aircraft gunner who has just shot down a Russian fighter jet, father and sons fighting side by side, and a member of Wagner who cherishes Nabokov. It’s a journey to places where dogs feast on the dead, where you are petrified by fear and desolation but also stunned with courage, resilience and even love. There, you see everything with a clarity as sharp as that from new spectacles. This vividness begs a question of whether there is room for nuance. Or is the pursuit of nuance merely the privilege of those who don’t fight for their very life and existence here and now? But also whether the survivors are obliged to pursue this nuance?
In his stories, the author opts for the fixation method, «photographing» with the text. The word «fixation» will be used in different meanings throughout the text.
Bios
Author
Myroslav Laiuk was born on 31 July 1990 in the Carpathians and now resides in Kyiv, Ukraine. He holds a PhD in philosophy and literature, and is a lecturer at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. As a war documentarian, he works on a frontline and in de-occupied territories. His texts and essays from Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia regions have been published in Ukrainian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech and US media such as Gazeta Wyborcza, Eurozine, LitHub, Reporters, and Los Angeles Review of Books. His poems and prose in English translations have appeared in The Dial, The New Statesman, Agenda, Common Knowledge, and Poetry International. Myroslav is the author of three novels and three poetry books, with his works translated and published in Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Belarus. In 2018, the KyivPost media recognised Laiuk in its «Top 30 Under 30» ranking as one of the most innovative young Ukrainians.
Photographer
Danylo Pavlov (born in 1988 in Uzhhorod) is a Ukrainian documentary photographer, photo editor at Reporters, and photographer with The Ukrainians based in Kyiv.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Pavlov has focused on capturing de-occupied territories and the Ukrainian army. His images have reached audiences around the world: of fishermen from the Kyiv Sea who’ve rescued people from occupation, or of a dog clinging to its rescuer’s leg in the Kherson region after the dam explosion.
Pavlov was awarded for documenting the work of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine during wartime. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with The Washington Post, Forbes Ukraine, Local History, and other publications. The photographer is dedicated to documenting Russian war crimes and believes in the powerful combination of literary reportage and photography.
Reviews
«Blending a poet’s skill with committed war reporting, Myroslav Laiuk illuminates the details, images, personalities of war the way only a poet can. He re-discovers Ukraine for the reader, making the neglected loved.»
Peter Pomerantsev, British journalist and writer, author of the books «Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible» and «This is not Propaganda»
«Each participant in the war forges their own path. Frequently, these paths are off-road, marred by potholes and rough asphalt. Myroslav has succeeded in gathering and conveying the profound anguish embedded in the stories of each of his characters. It is through books like this that entire generations will come to understand the monumental struggles of the Ukrainian armed forces.»
Yuri Shevelyov Prize / Премія імені Юрія Шевельова (2024)
The book received the main prize for the best Ukrainian book of essays. This is one of the most prestigious Ukrainian awards in the genre of essays.
BBC Book of the Year / Книга року BBC (2024)
Bakhmut made it to the finalists (shortlist) of the award. It is one of the most prestigious Ukrainian literary awards.
Peterson Literary Prize (2024)
Bakhmut made it to the finalists (shortlist) of the award. The Peterson Literary Prize is organised by the Peterson Literary Fund, a Canadian charity that aims to promote a better understanding of Ukraine and Ukrainian culture around the world.
The Ryszard Kapuściński Award / Nagroda im. Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego (2026)
The Polish translation of the book Bakhmut is among the ten finalists for the award (the longlist; the shortlist will be announced at the end of March 2026). The Ryszard Kapuściński Award is a Polish international award for the best book of literary reportage. It is one of the most important European awards in the genre of reportage.
Author: Myroslav LaiukDuring the most intense fighting for Bakhmut in the winter and in March 2023, the author spent days and nights with Ukrainian infantrymen and artillerymen, medics and chaplains, rescuers and children who remained in the city and its surroundings, where artillery shelling and street battles were a constant. Language: Ukrainian
Year of publication: 2023
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 400 г
Dimensions: 140х210 мм
ISBN: 978-617-8216-09-2
