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The Orphanage is a powerful and haunting novel by Serhiy Zhadan set against the backdrop of the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine. It follows Pasha, a quiet teacher, who must navigate a landscape devastated by conflict to rescue his nephew from an orphanage located deep in occupied territory. As Pasha confronts the harsh realities of survival, loyalty, and loss, Zhadan paints an unflinching portrait of ordinary lives caught in extraordinary circumstances, blending raw realism with poetic intensity.