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'The Museum of Abandoned Secrets' (Ukrainian: ' ') is a 2009 novel written by Oksana Zabuzhko. The novel, more than 800 pages long, spans six decades of contemporary Ukrainian history.[http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/people/oksana-zabuzhko-hard-to-be-woman-118024.html "Oksana Zabuzhko: 'Hard to be woman'"], 'Kyiv Post', December 1, 2011.
Critics have compared the book to Thomas Mann's 'Buddenbrooks' and works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novel, Zabuzhko's third, is a modern multigenerational saga which covers the years 1940 to 2004, framed as investigations by a journalist, Daryna Hoshchynska, of historical events in western Ukraine including the Holodomor, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, and later political changes, ending just before the Orange Revolution.[http://wnu-ukraine.com/news/culture-lifestyle/?id=3558 "Ukrainian Writer Wins Central European Literary Award"], Worldwide News Ukraine, October 21, 2013.Oleh Kotsarev, [http://krytyka.com/en/reviews/museum-abandoned-secrets "The Museum of Abandoned Secrets" (review)], 'Krytyka', March 2014.
The book won the 2010 award for best Ukrainian book, presented by 'Korrespondent' magazine,[http://ua.korrespondent.net/showbiz/1091583-korrespondent-nazvav-peremozhciv-konkursu-krashcha-ukrayinska-kniga-2010 " -2010"] ("Korrespondent named winners Best Ukrainian Book 2010"), 'Korrespondent', July 1, 2010 (in Ukrainian). and the 2013 Angelus Central European Literature Award, presented by the City of Wroclaw.Olesia Yaremchuk, [http://www.day.kiev.ua/en/article/culture/angel-central-europe-flying-ukraine "The Angel of Central Europe is flying to Ukraine: The winner of one of the most prestigious literature awards was named in Wroclaw"], 'Den', October 23, 2013.[http://www.wroclaw.pl/en/angelus-2013-for-oksana-zabuzhko "Angelus 2013 for Oksana Zabuzhko"], City of Wroclaw, February 7, 2014. Angelus jury president, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, described the book as a "book that weaves into one history and modernity, the book that features magic, love, betrayal, and death."
See also
* List of Ukrainian-language writers
* Ukrainian literature
References
Category:Ukrainian-language books
Category:Ukrainian novels
Category:History of Ukraine (19181991)
Category:2009 novels
Category:History of Ukraine since 1991
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