“ShockingCult. The Book Of Changes” includes selected texts from Maksim Zhbankou’s YouTube project of the same name.
37 texts about Belarus and all this stuff that happened to us after 2020. But no — these are not chronicles of events and not private notes.
These are mind games — a conceptualization of the (Belarusian) mess live on air. Attempts to find markers for a broken time while you are flying with it from nowhere to nowhere and trying not to lose your mind.
“For me, these texts became emotional therapy and a creative reboot. Perhaps this will work for someone else too,” the author says.
Metaphorical. Uncomfortable. ShockingCultural. Zhbankou as he is.
The book can be ordered here. The print run is expected in June 2026.
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