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“It seems to me that now the language is being sorted out, reflashed, reshaped, because our narratives, our broadcasting, and most importantly, even the intonations that were acceptable to us, important and basic before February 24, now often do not work.. Because reality is very often ahead of language, and it is probably much deeper, much scarier, much stronger, sometimes much more motivating than language.. The language doesn't always keep up with it.. I think that we will have to choose some words to denote our emotions for a long time... I think we will have to learn how to talk about this war. Because what we have now probably does not fully characterize our relationship and our emotions,” Zhadan said..

He also said that Kharkiv is now a courageous city that is on the defensive, which is guarded by defenders, and inside it the population is working for victory, for resistance, supporting the defenders and each other.. Some areas, such as Northern Saltovka, look apocalyptic. They are the personification of what would have happened to the city if the Ukrainian troops had not stopped the Russians..

Zhadan also said that the presentation of the book in a bomb shelter, which he recently held, is not a new reality.. The writer is sure that Ukrainians will soon be able to return to the cultural reality that was before the war.

“The cultural component adds some kind of normality to life, and war is, in principle, the maximum abnormality of reality and reality.. Even if a culture cannot resist guns and missiles, it can still make us remain ourselves,” Zhadan believes..