“Sweet Darusya: A Tale of Two Villages,” by Maria Matios; Michael Naydan and Olha Tytarenko (translators). New York: Spuyten Duyvil, 2019. 224 pp. ISBN: 9781947980938. $16.
A new and dynamic translation of prominent Ukrainian writer Maria Matios’s novel “Sweet Darusya” has been released by Spuyten Duyvil of New York. The work – described by writer Andrei Kurkov as “the best contemporary Ukrainian novel written since Ukrainian Independence in 1991” – has been translated by Michael Naydan and Olha Tytarenko.