Age of Red Ants – Tetyana Pyankova (Ukrainian Hardcover)

Age of Red Ants (Вік червоних мурах) by Tetyana Pyankova is a deeply psychological novel set during one of Ukraine’s darkest chapters: the Holodomor of 1932–1933. Through hauntingly vivid prose, the book chronicles the harrowing experiences of villagers in Mачухи—like young Yavdokha whose family succumbs to the famine, and Solomiia, the commissar's wife who oscillates between fasting and frenzied grief over her lost child. Svyryd, a representative of the local authority, is torn between ideological duty and a tumultuous heart.

This Ukrainian hardcover edition, published in 2022 by Наш Формат, spans 256 pages, in a solid 145 × 215 mm format, weighing approximately 300 g, translated by Vasyl Starko and Nataliia Starko It earned Third Prize at the Koronatsiya Slova literary award in 2021