Chaplenko, Vasyl

U netriakh Kopet-Dahu: povist' [In the Wilds of the Kopet Dag: A Novel]

Toronto, Ont. Novi dni, 1951. Item #1526

124 pages: illustrations; 17 cm. A copy with light edge wear and minor creasing to the top right corner of the front wrapper and along the spine; slight spine lean.

A postwar novella by Vasyl Chaplenko, a Ukrainian writer, literary critic, and linguist who emigrated to the West during World War II. U netriakh Kopet-Dahu is set in the rugged mountain range of Turkmenistan and follows the fieldwork and everyday lives of Ukrainian scientists conducting naturalist expeditions. The narrative blends ethnographic observation with fictional drama, offering a rare literary portrayal of intercultural coexistence, scientific exploration, and the preservation of Ukrainian intellectual identity amid displacement.

Price: $60.00