Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics inventive illustrations by Yulia Sidneva

inventive illustrations by Yulia Sidneva and artfully translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

constitute the postmodern condition of Russian culture

and misery co-existed with humanity

in a few short weeks

Untitled is an intimate and innovative approach to autofiction and the act of remembering

Cecil the Lion Had to Die by Olena Stiazhkina xmas24politics inventive illustrations by Yulia SidnevaIn 1986 Soviet Ukraine, two boys and two girls are welcomed into the world in a Donetsk maternity ward. Following a Soviet tradition of naming things after prominent Communist leaders from far away, a local party functionary offers great material benefits for naming children after Ernst Thlmann, the leader of the German Communist Party from 1925 to 1933. The fateful decision is made, and the local newspaper presents the newly born Ernsts and Thlmas in