A beautiful, important and timely rendering of Jewish life in Ukraine through the travails of the 20th century. Both historical and page-turning - Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends and Super Sad True Love StoryAt a time when many people are scrambling to understand Ukraine, No Country for Love gives us the story of the country's painful twentieth century as a sweeping romantic epic . It links the personal and the political in a way that cuts through wartime propaganda, restoring both human scale and moral complexity - Hari Kunzru A captivating sweep of a novel about love, resilience and impossible choices in a Ukraine caught between Soviets and Nazism and riven by war - I loved it! - Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent Sunday TimesA chilling account of what it means to live under a totalitarian regime. With the sharp pen of an award-winning journalist and the tender heart of a poet, Yaroslav Trofimov has woven an exquisite and enduring tale of survival, courage, and resistance . Epic yet intimate, heart-breaking yet hopeful, terrifying yet inspiring, No Country for Love is a love letter to Ukraine and a gift to anyone who appreciates peace - Nguyen Phan Que Mai, internationally best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust ChildThrough the saga of a Jewish Ukrainian family unfolding from the 1930's until the post-war period, Yaroslav Trofimov delivers a literary epic taking place in the "bloodlands" - to borrow the title from Timothy Snyder's book - scarred by the Nazi and Stalinist horrors. It is an expansive novel reminiscent of the literary breath, humanity, and historical depth found in Vassili Grossman's Life and Fate - Christophe Boltanski, winner of the 2015 Femina Prize for The Safe House Tough, lean, and unsentimental, No Country for Love is a powerful moral testament that reads like a thriller , as its impressive heroine learns to do what is necessary, day by day, in order to endure one of the most harrowing passages of the 20th century. It is also an unsparing account of the tribulations of ordinary Ukrainians, from the Holomodor, through the horrors of World War II, to the death of Stalin. By turns terrifying, tender, and inspiring, this gripping and necessary novel illuminates the origins of a story whose latest chapters are being played out before the world even today - James Hynes, author of Next and Sparrow.