Ukrainian Diaries is acclaimed writer Andrey Kurkov`s first-hand account of the crisis in his country. Written from his flat in Kiev, just 500 metres away from Independence Square, Kurkov can smell the burning barricades & hear the sounds of grenades & gunshot. The diaries begin on the first day of the pro-European protests in November, & are a mix of commentary on current events, Ukraine`s political past, & Kurkov`s personal experience of living through a time of intense political unrest.