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The Third Paradise is a poetic and artistic work by acclaimed Ukrainian writer Yurii Izdryk, published by The Old Lion Publishing House in 2023.
This collection of poems is interwoven with visual elements—specifically, a series of illustrated matchboxes created by the author during Ukraine’s blackouts in 2022. The result is a unique lyrical and conceptual artifact, forming what Izdryk calls a “canon of an earthly paradise.”
Reflective, ironic, and deeply rooted in the current cultural context of Ukraine, The Third Paradise combines language and image to explore themes of survival, identity, memory, and transcendence.