524. Andrey Kurkov - Nothing Bad Ever Happened - How Russia Whitewashes & Repeats Worst Crimes of History

Andrey Kurkov is a Ukrainian author and public intellectual. He is the author of 20 novels, including the bestselling Death and the Penguin, nine books for children, and about 20 documentary, fiction and TV movie scripts. His work is currently translated into 37 languages, including English, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, and many others. His first novel was published two weeks before the fall of the Soviet Union, and in the ensuing social and political turmoil he made the first steps towards self-publishing and distribution. His books are full of black humour, post-Soviet reality and elements of surrealism. ---------- LINKS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Kurkov https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/88420.Andrey_Kurkov https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/184021/andrey-kurkov https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/booklists/author-of-the-month-andrey-kurkov https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Andrey-Kurkov/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AAndrey+Kurkov ---------- BOOKS: The Silver Bone: The Kyiv Mysteries Grey Bees: A captivating, heartwarming story about a gentle beekeeper caught up in the war in Ukraine Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv Diary of an Invasion Death and the Penguin The Bickford Fuse and many others... ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.