Julian Evans
@julianevans.bsky.social
Author. Believer in Ukraine, Europe, democracy, freedom. UNDEFEATABLE: ODESA IN LOVE AND WAR is published 2nd December 2024.
“Macabre, surreal, haunting, beautifully observed and darkly moving” – Rory Stewart
“Macabre, surreal, haunting, beautifully observed and darkly moving” – Rory Stewart
His treasured corner of Crimea. Such an attack on a billionaire warmonger’s/pardon me civilian target is outrageous. Is nowhere safe?
September 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
His treasured corner of Crimea. Such an attack on a billionaire warmonger’s/pardon me civilian target is outrageous. Is nowhere safe?
Delightfully rich storytelling and an eerie contemporaneity of Russia’s violence
April 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Delightfully rich storytelling and an eerie contemporaneity of Russia’s violence
Yes, if you want to grasp exactly how Russia’s become the nation it has in the last 20 years, this is definitely the book to read
April 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Yes, if you want to grasp exactly how Russia’s become the nation it has in the last 20 years, this is definitely the book to read
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Enjoyed "Undefeatable" by @julianevans.bsky.social. It's a love letter to the Ukrainian city of Odesa and a brilliant portrait of a country under Russian attack
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Undefeatable: Odesa in Love & War by Julian Evans review – a ‘sleeping beauty’ now besieged
A stylish love letter to the Ukrainian port charts its transformation from exotic mafia capital to beacon of freedom and, now, battered Russian target
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April 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Enjoyed "Undefeatable" by @julianevans.bsky.social. It's a love letter to the Ukrainian city of Odesa and a brilliant portrait of a country under Russian attack
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
From the writer who’s the revolver in the glovebox against Russian propaganda, those words count mightily. Thank you! And everyone should read your chilling “Shadow State” too.
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
From the writer who’s the revolver in the glovebox against Russian propaganda, those words count mightily. Thank you! And everyone should read your chilling “Shadow State” too.