Skype mom
Skype Mama is an anthology of young Ukrainian authors. The editors are Kati Brunner, Marjana Sawka and Sofia Onufriv. Skype Mama was first published in 2013 by the Berlin publisher fotoTAPETA.
content
Skype Mama is a collection of twelve short stories. The content is about the labor migration of Ukrainians to western countries. Particular emphasis is placed on families whose mothers work abroad and whose children can only communicate with them via Skype . The short stories fluctuate between more realistic, documentary content and artistically free, surreal stories.
The stories in detail are:
- Halyna Kruk : Ho paura
- Walentyn Berdt : Skype mom
- Natalka Sniadanko : Ms. Müller has no intention of paying more
- Halyna Malyk : Slavka
- Serhiy Hrydyn : Money doesn't stink
- Oleksandr Hawrosch : Stepan in happiness
- Marianna Kijanowska : Cherries
- Natascha Guzeeva : Invisible
- Oksana Luzyschyna : tapestry with deer
- Tanja Maljartschuk : Kinderland
- Oksana Luschtschewska : The family finder game
- Marjana Sawka : With children's eyes. To this book
criticism
“In eleven stories set somewhere between Ukraine and Western Europe, this book tells the story of the fate of modern migrant workers. Mostly it is sheer hardship and not a thirst for adventure that drives them into the offices, kitchens and living rooms of the West. In Ukraine, the number of families with at least one of the parents working abroad is said to be in the millions. That is, maybe a million children left behind. Does modern technology help more than the old postcard? "
literature
Kati Brunner, Marjana Sawka, Sofia Onufriv (eds.): Skype Mama fotoTAPETA 2013, ISBN 978-3940524232