Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Duel
Duel
Duel
Ebook219 pages2 hours

Duel

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The central character in the gripping, psychological novel Duel is the Ukrainian intellectual Kost Horobenko. Set in the first years of the new Soviet Ukrainian state, the period of militant Communism, Horobenko, is forever duelling with his alter ego, the Ukrainian nationalist.


This novel is one of a number

LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 24, 2022
ISBN9781911414865
Duel
Author

Borys Antonenko-Davydovych

Borys Antonenko-Davydovych was born on 5 August 1899 in Romny, Poltava Province, Ukraine into a working-class family. His early years were spent in Briansk, Russia. Borys learnt Ukrainian at six, after the family returned to Okhtyrka in Ukraine.His father died in the First World War. After finishing high school in 1917, Borys left to study at Kharkiv University, then later transferred to the Kyiv Educational Institute. Though his first literary efforts were in Russian, the political struggle in Ukraine during the 1917 Revolution prompted him to start writing in Ukrainian.His most significant early works were Smert' [Death, 1927; in English Duel, 1986], Zemleiu ukrains'koiu [Through Ukrainian Lands, 1929] and Pechatka [The Seal, 1930].After groundless attacks in the press and accusations of nationalism, Antonenko-Davydovych was arrested in 1935 and sentenced to ten years in labour camps. He returned to Kyiv in 1956, an ailing man. Notwithstanding this, he was very active in Ukrainian literature during the 'Thaw' of the 1960s, his most popular novel of this period being Za shyrmoiu (Behind the Curtain, 1962; in English 1980). During the Brezhnev period of the 1970s he was strenuously persecuted by the authorities for his involvement in the dissident movement and his works stopped being published.He is the author of 24 books, many of which have been translated into the languages of the former USSR.

Related to Duel

Related ebooks

Psychological Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Duel

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Duel - Borys Antonenko-Davydovych

    cbook_preview_excerpt.html}[˲6zgG-[O:$Ҹh٭$Q,@[Wof)9' yHd<Ƕuw'[VYsUCC4apƐho)&Su=*4hɶh f=V/?:ġrCůᅦ~X߂̭í{=V';( 2`E;tn7mtPڱzfO!Zy>6+\:2>Z. 3;T%ۄ,Tg7J:< M|ꇁ_KnZ!~ma_#U/4i,ESYG:ymrM|[ryJɷVɇ+t>麾ʒg9ĀsՓ3>c׎h-|*il=9y:Ǐn>t#Uh)KXf3f@ GG{``w#5?,`HJ F5M4i \uu]_`bAgb0ԇth!"2~Oz14ڳ.Wf3i27FH\/-W'H4 Q3O!^Qb_ k:wؖlk'G^k4Zڧm,V$U zU2W# m]NPO;`@NG@/1GE6M<7aYHjRwX^7\IK&9"a1(.XB O-IȬSsP>X- >EX  YɌi"٩6FGlQтY-M<4l lYJ>|Y8,˛p!t+X Fnc6<0?YZ=78T8o 2v;=MDv-,ufT/XD@tB}WuhƎZ,=Q?:xR|in;!k&)f˛Y~'2/|0m.*+Bru>Bn7DVLuWma-BBޡ-rwTY9Hf4UY`&xd~B耲q3dZ$bxZ“NX}zf]P6> [fYPJܾN![3g>4wΒs&YtUhΌ,@jׯ/ f$o}c$uK5'ի%CY@0A'WH}(QfI#Iry> b`VqCzi ) H1+^Hyl! M5A 'دòDh;J6hԦ#'5?U p<3B鉦ba}ŞqQT? ]>[|ևVx`cN/phPFPI%GvEqɄ`Sa It99.MJ^m٬hR̈hpQC%ТEIu<9x'e/dv'D*@{zLdVtmSh攍 ?$d#3V=wk.56lK)3I3 kٵJLYC 0*hr3X'vJؙ7 F^vά-@5<9c(⽦,^;̠݅yyvTrA5Bv'qO%anZDTx&1wZak5uO堇@XoJ:JI|KVOsCӌXJQ!#f%OI|oۨ *uyx sp b*4N[ c:*Zd`#PߤyzuClfjW a/yiڥWKnɵ4ڛ֮[O+%t2@v41LWLߡl< |%'Nŋ3R;ILMZ_C[o7_0>kOBɽo3Aצ}Tlu6.F Ycܥ%u0q"4rB5l97gC-0qV6D73O̥mr;S >œ$Na/ahSO 5@F$|`' -w@6xQ%0hsNRe՝[ԉy16rw4@\9we&4"W{Z:CJ JRO+/A naQySN"HTRݐF&JоEÞ9NRn֗T]7jэ<}+Jif9Z2U|9>1Ӕd0]i (&y[*3i_=h`Si7>9e++y %t$C?NHs\pV.tծNa">~Ǥ-^& }T l70k(^;u)&P gw+jEUbA`!NbT,Qxʬ5ʺδΈ^VS3wR݁HG'5É;I N E VW՝ndZ(,:zO+n0B`?LVn7 srLyK9z6h5bظFܮ]Fb鷰T*Zn46&Td2vb]u*/DYHx5%WN4>~%j尔;,{FsV]%0;Kser#A4Gm} pIMbdΉ 2{&`nqf !NGze)ftyey0 0KK‡M&7FHsOx$eEu8rSzJ~s b,^ kbS6B>OP>ʡ!Hja.%_ߤU:HVbubnk b?]%U^at-mֱۓ=,;_ Qضt wU[j}Z<\-"L (j3R#hf{yvݧlU:$^m怜q))>X`KC`nD@ jNjuľvаr%Q#9 u`Hx;=T ݊yy^TJ)rR4lh\ʀܭL\_k+ {*E1h%59&vn Qvuj[e|inG5~ͤ7SL 1e6nEH'ػϒxu97ls'Rrsn &4،.\\4-9ix+ӠL5K #r'bkr~No*׌rFPJ}Ek4673ƣ)C8@jt8l-y.KUJهkl{Q;*Ŝi-eͬeL&#h*41vdNt i#p|aa'2Ԥ,<.k<.<Ɯ+o\<| :K8vů&NV 9p< >?e=jV3J DgRgALJҿ͔LM< D8bN)2w3GS\3QiZ ylX~tqɄ\n:l_kUvg7ﳰ{*'+m7㍻jScG|Ztz]ٯV[-?H+qq$DՒi{[,S4g:f:Zg6 RAS+5tcaχp* aIiT'(W\f)P9NQl-El# @z}}c \aI>IW˜i n5IpY;k9[6n\>#OJ9 3Damثt ~g}Շ$3\3Ү{ѩPC"MȨ OAel, %Z_6 3-81Jy5e?!t.9ƥ`KqmWgvmԵ. m vulL GdDSg!{YԇXnζ%n?gE|M葶7CP 해 trwu>MЯL/J Ӕ溚v0gv*-d=
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1