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In The Witches of Kyiv and Other Gothic Tales by Orest Somov, the supernatural weaves through Ukraine’s history and landscapes. From a haunting cemetery in Kyivan Rus to a remote forest cottage during the seventeenth-century Kozak era, and into the refined ballrooms of the early nineteenth century, Somov’s own world, Gothic horror takes many forms. Witches, warlocks, demons, and vengeful rusalky haunt these pages, while strange soothsayers and ominous visitors blur the line between good and evil.
In her foreword, Dr Lana Krys describes Somov as “an initiator of an indigenous literary tradition of the Gothic in the Ukrainian literary canon.” Somov masterfully blends native folk traditions, ghost stories, and the influence of European Romanticism into tales that are rich in atmosphere and imagination.
Most of these stories appear in English for the first time, offering readers a unique glimpse into Ukraine’s Gothic literary heritage and its haunting, otherworldly traditions.
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