The City, Paperback

Valerian Pidmohylnyi’s The City was a landmark event in the history of Ukrainian literature. Written by a master craftsman, the novel tells the story of Stepan, a young man from the provinces who moves to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and achieves success as a writer through a succession of romantic encounters with women.

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Author(s): Valerian Pidmohylnyi
• Translator: Maxim Tarnawsky
• Number of pages: 300
• Collection: Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature
• Publication date: 2025
• Dimensions: 203 x 129 x 31
• Cover type: Paperback / softback