# Ukrainian Lessons

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- Authors: [Charlotte Higgins](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlotte-higgins)
- Publisher: jonathan_cape
- ISBN: 978-17-8733-597-4
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2026-08-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2026 A spellbinding first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine ‘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 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. 'An excellent book' HENRY MARSH ‘A survival manual for our blood-stricken times’ JACQUELINE ROSE 'Beautiful, erudite, heart-breaking’ LINDSEY HILSUM