Love Life (novel)

Love Life (novel) (Ukrainian: Любовне життя) is a novel by Ukrainian writer Oksana Lutsyshyna. It was first published in Ukrainian in 2015.[1][2]

In 2016 the novel appeared on the longlist for the BBC Ukrainian Book of the Year award.[3]

An English translation was published in 2024 by the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University as part of the Harvard Library of Ukrainian Literature series.

Love Life is about Yora, an immigrant to the United States from Ukraine.[4]

Awards and Reception

  • In 2016 the novel appeared on the long list for the BBC Ukrainian as Book of the Year award.[5]
  • Harvard Review said that "Love Life is about being a Ukrainian outside of Ukraine."[6]
  • Ukrainian online outlet Тексти.org.ua described Love Life as a very precise, honest and unsparing portrayal of a young immigrant's psychological state, highlighting its focus on loneliness, depression and economic precarity among young migrants in North America.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Книга "Любовне життя" – Оксана Луцишина". Yakaboo (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  2. ^ Lutsyshyna, Oksana (August 2020). "Curriculum vitae". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Оголошено лонг-ліст «Книги року BBC»-2016". LB.ua (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Love Life". The Guardian Bookshop. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  5. ^ "Любовне життя без вибору". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  6. ^ Shanosky, Celine. "Love Life". Harvard Review. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  7. ^ "Roman "Любовне життя": дуже точний, чесний і безжалісний опис психологічного стану молодого іммігранта". Тексти.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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