a year-long scream

OPA! Publishing, 2024

A collection of texts by Maria Kapajeva that she wrote in Russian and English. She started writing the book on February 24, 2022 – the day the full-scale war in Ukraine began. The book is written in a personal style and deals with themes of identity, collective and individual responsibility and guilt, language and belonging, feminism, and the stories of some of the Ukrainian refugees that the author encountered during the year. The book is published in three languages: Estonian, English and Russian and each language can be ordered separately.

Graphic design: Kersti Heile

Estonian language translator: Katrin Hallas

English translation proof-reading: Inese Strupule

Edition of 200 copies per language

The book is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Academy of Arts

To order, please email to: info@opapublishing.com