Bøger af Irene Zabytko

Nine Stories. All Miraculous and Wonder-filled If Nikolai Gogol and Vladimir Nabokov had a children, they would resemble the characters in this exciting new short story collection by award-winning fiction writer, Irene Zabytko. The stories feature famous and infamous people with historical, political, spiritual, and even sinister ties to Ukraine. Mesmerizing, amazing, and unforgettable. -"Irene Zabytko has shown that a writer can tell great stories and still have a Ukrainian point of view." -A. J. Motyl, Author THE JEW WHO WAS UKRAINIAN-"Irene Zabytko's work is very engaging. I always look forward to her writing as it is captivating, and her characters are empowered with grace and strength."- Laurie Kuntz, Poet, Author, THE MOON OVER MY MOTHER'S HOUSE-"What a breezy but compelling read. I like it a lot. The momentum builds within a social framework that is both ominous and absurd. I hear a bit of Nabokov and of course Hohol."-Lila Dlaboha, Poet, Past Editorial Board Member THE LITTLE MAGAZINEIrene Zabytko is an award-winning fiction writer. She is the author of the highly acclaimed novel about Chornobyl (Chernobyl), THE SKY UNWASHED, and the short story collection WHEN LUBA LEAVES HOME. Irene Zabytko is also the author of the ultimate fiction writing guidebook: THE FICTION PRESCRIPTION: HOW TO WRITE AND IMPROVE YOUR FICTION LIKE THE GREAT LITERARY MASTERS

Learn how to write fiction from a real writer. New York Times Best Selling author, writing teacher, and expert Irene Zabytko will take you through all the essential craft elements of writing literary fiction like the great writers: plot, characters, pacing, dialogue and more. Each chapter includes strategic exercises to help diagnose and improve your novel and short stories. Throughout, Zabytko explains how she wrote her first bestselling novel, THE SKY UNWASHED (available on Amazon.com). Recommended for writers of all levels.

One of the joys of reading is coming across a novel in which the author's voice is so perfectly wedded to an important subject that the blending becomes art. Such a novel is Irene Zabytko's THE SKY UNWASHED, wherein the inexplicable events of the larger world are broken down into the small constituent tragedies which lie at the core and which history too often overlooks. Zabytko's voice become the voice of the forgotten in a moving and memorable book. --W.D. Wetherell author of CHEKHOV'S SISTER and THE MAN WHO LOVED LEVITTOWN

Luba lives with her parents in a Chicago neighborhood full of others like themselves-immigrants from Ukraine. Her parents want only two things: to enjoy a new life in America and to hold on to the old ways-the church, the language, the traditions-of Ukrainian culture. They want these things for Luba, too.Luba wants only the first part of their wish. She wants to leave her neighborhood-not to mention Ukraine-behind. It's 1968, and protesting American students have taken to the city streets. Thinking that it's time she breaks step with her heritage and gets into step with her peers, Luba registers as Linda on the first day at her commuter college. Then she buys a second-hand car to drive into a future far from her parent's Wheat Street home.The car must, however, first carry her father to his doctor's appointments, a Ukrainian celebrity to her featured appearances, a dying neighbor home from work, and her lifelong buddies to school and back. Somewhere along the way, Linda takes a backseat and Luba takes the wheel, finding a new road to a destination somewhere between Ukraine and America.In WHEN LUBA LEAVES HOME, award-winning author Irene Zabytko creates a bright new voice to tell the classic story of how the children of America's melting pot grow up strong enough to carry their double identities.