Ty buv chuzhyi. Braziliia ochyma Ukraintsia (You Were a Stranger. Brazil Through the Eyes of a Ukrainian)

San Paulo (Sao Paulo): By the author, 1957. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 3/4; pp. [2, 5-114; beige and green wraps, printed and ruled in black; title in Ukrainian and Portuguese on facing pages; illustrated with numerous photographs; a small split to head of spine and several spots, mostly to back wrap; previous owner's personal stamp to half-titlte and title pages; overall in very good condition.Ivan Ovechko (1920 - 2002) was a Ukrainian journalist, author, educator, poet, and literary critic. After escaping Ukraine during WWII, he lived and worked in Brazil, before ultimately settling in the US, where he taught Slavic languages at the University of Northern Colorado. Author of numerous books, his current work on the lives of Ukrainian emigres in Brazil was one of his earliest.