In the spring of 2022, the first edition of the works “Chauvin” and “Vidavnitstvo” will release a graphic version of one of the most resonant works of the American historian Timothy Snyder “About Tyranny. Twenty lessons from the twentieth century.' It was introduced to the knowledge of the Ukrainian reader by the German-American author and illustrator Nora Krug. The text version of this book was already published in Ukrainian in 2018 in the translation by Olesya Kamishnikova from the publication “Medusa” and at the same time to the library rarity.

For the graphic version, Olesya finalized her translation, so it was important for us to preserve the aphoristic nature of the Ukrainian version.

In a short hour, “About Tyranny” became one of the most important books of the remaining rocks about lessons Stories that everyone needs to know. This is a relevant and laconic excursion from the twentieth century, the darkest moments of which illustrate the lessons of resisting modern authoritarianism in a flexible and accessible form. Timothy Snyder pays tribute to the world's trend toward democracy and writes about the public opinion of current historical processes, creating an intellectual guide for a wide range of people. readers.

In addition to other edits, in the updated illustrated graphic version, Snyder included allusions to the ongoing pandemic. The stories “About Tyranny” are now presented in Nori’s special, recognizable style, already familiar to Ukrainian readers from the novel “Vitchizna. Album of the German Motherland” - which is now a graphic memoir, a collage appliqué, an excursion into history and a treasure trove of special insights. Snyder's words bring new life, color and strength; aphoristic thoughts reflect visually and call to action.

“If we remember what is truly important, we visualize it. In the graphic book “On Tyranny,” Nora Krug visualized the most important lessons of the twentieth century, knowing what will benefit all citizens who shape the future” - Shepard Fairy

And this is how the graphic version was created.

Translation from English by Olesya Kamishnikova,
editing by Katerina Mishchenko,
proofreading by Irina Nikolaychuk,
layout and literature by Katerina Bazarova and Igor Dunts,

About the authors:

Timothy Snyder is an American historian, writer, and public intellectual. Professor at Yale University. Fakhіvets with the history of Converging Europe, history, history of Ukraine, Poland, Russia. It is important to study the history of the 20th century. Descendant of nationalism, totalitarianism and the Holocaust. Active member of NTS-America, author of low-historical works, translations, literature, and Ukrainian.

Vidavnitsa “Chauvin” has enriched the world of Ukrainian with three books by Timothy Snyder: “Think about the 20th century” (with Tony Judt), 2019, “Roads to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America,” 2020, “Our illness. Lessons of freedom from a medicine man”, 2020 r.

About the books of Timothy Snyder, which brought light to the publication “Chauvin”, they wrote:

Politics has no sense without ideas - news portal LB.ua
As Americans we came to our senses while reading about Ukraine. Review and excerpts from the book “Roads to Unfreedom” (suspilne.media)
Freedom from the unfreedom. Professor Ilyu Timothy Snyder has seen his book about celebration in the USA | Stories | LIGA.Life (liga.net)
Nora Krug was born in 1977 in Karlsruhe, studied stage design, documentary filmmaking and illustration in Liverpool, Berlin and New York. These little pictures and collages regularly appear in great newspapers and magazines (such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde diplomatique). Vaughn is a Fulbright Scholar and has received awards including the John Simon Gunheim Memorial Foundation, the Pollock and Krasner Foundation, and the Maurice Sendak Foundation. Nora is a professor of illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York. Loitering in Brooklyn.

His previous book, seen in the Ukrainian edition of “Vidavnitstva” minor, “Vitchizna: Album of the German Motherland,” is characterized by the unique combination of hand-written texts and little ones, as well as historical photographs and documents about facts and experiences. In the rumors of the following, Kruz gets a foreign German story with a special and homeland in the book, both behind the form and behind the place.

More about Nora Kruta Ukrainian appearance “Vitchizna”:

How to come to terms with guilt in the Nazi past: the story of the German illustrator Nori Krug
“Vitchizna” Nori Krug: bringing justice to the innocent
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