Ukrainian Lessons

About the book

A first-hand account of art, survival and resistance in wartime Ukraine

'The most beautifully written, moving book I can ever remember reading' PHILIPPA PERRY

'A book for our times' PHILIPPE SANDS

'A brilliant and unforgettable book' EDMUND DE WAAL

Charlotte Higgins never imagined she would report on a war. But in the autumn of 2022, seven months into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she travelled there to find out how artists and writers were reflecting the devastating events in their work. The experience would change her life.

In a war fuelled by the attempted erasure of Ukrainian culture - a war that has killed countless artists and created countless more - art has become a matter of life and death. In...