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The setting of the novel, which was published in a German translation by Diana
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English became her second language and created a distance from her surroundings. She did not directly feel anti-Semitism in her childhood. Today she sees herself as a global citizen and is proud of her Jewish origins. Lavochkina belongs to the Jewish
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Lavochkina has translated
Ukrainian and Russian poetry into English, among others. She wrote short stories and poems that were published in British and American anthologies and literary magazines. Her success as a writer began with her novella Dam Duchess. She submitted the unpublished manuscript to
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In her own words, she had to develop a "new identity" in
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a literary competition run by the Paris bookstore
Shakespeare and Company and won second prize in 2013. The novella is part of her debut novel Zap. The title comes from the English spelling of Zaporizhia, a sleepy town on the
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dishes were served on holidays such as
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