Raven's Way
novel by Vasyl Shkliar
Raven's Way (Original Ukrainian title: Чорний ворон Chornyi voron; lit. Black Raven) is a 2009 Ukrainian historical novel by Vasyl Shkliar. It portrays the anti-Bolshevik Ukrainian insurgency of the early 1920s and tells the story of Black Raven, nom de guerre of Ivan Chornousov, a warlord in Ukraine.
The novel was also published in Ukraine under the titles Залишенець (["the last one left"], 2009, ISBN 978-966-14-0662-8), Залишенець. Чорний Ворон (Kharkiv: Кн. клуб "Клуб Сімейного Дозвілля", 2011 and 2104 ISBN 978-966-14-7839-7), and Чорний Ворон. Залишенець (2019, ISBN 978-617-12-6106-8).
Reception and review
A review in Ukrainska Pravda described the book as an adventure historical novel and highlighted its dynamic narrative and battle scenes.
The novel was selected for the Shevchenko National Prize in 2011. This nomination became part of a public controversy.
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