# Ukrainian Lessons

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- Book: [Ukrainian Lessons](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-higgins/ukrainian-lessons) ([Ukrainian Lessons.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-higgins/ukrainian-lessons.md))
- Authors: [Charlotte Higgins](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-higgins)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 7 h 20 min
- Narrated by: Charlotte Higgins
- ISBN: 978-15-2999-148-2
- Published: 2026-08-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 7 h 20 min

## Description

*Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026* A first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine Charlotte Higgins never imagined she would report on a war. But in the autumn of 2022, seven months into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she travelled there to find out how artists and writers were reflecting the devastating events in their work. The experience would change her life. In a war fuelled by the attempted erasure of Ukrainian culture – a war that has killed countless artists and created countless more – art has become a matter of life and death. In times of war, art and literature are where difficulty and complexity survive: where the most painful, unspeakable truths can still be faced. Drawing on two decades of cultural journalism, three years of reporting trips to Ukraine and her training as a classicist, Ukrainian Lessons explores the profound connections between war, art and life. It is a searing, urgent and unforgettable book about what artists are prepared to risk – and why culture is worth fighting for. ‘The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading’ PHILIPPA PERRY ‘A book for our times’ PHILIPPE SANDS ' A brilliant and unforgettable book' EDMUND DE WAAL © Charlotte Higgins 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026