The third novel by Tamara Duda (the pen name of Tamara Horiha Zernia), "Sheptukha", has been published in Slovak. The translation was done by Eva Reutova. The author announced this on her Facebook page.
The novel was first published in Ukrainian in 2025 by Bilka Publishing. According to the description, the story centres on Olha, a translator facing a crisis in her marriage, who is trying to cope with loneliness, midlife crises and an inner emptiness. She flees the city for her grandmother’s abandoned house on a hamlet in the border zone (in Sumy region). There, reality intertwines with family histories, mysticism, Ukrainian traditions and the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The author also reported that, due to destruction caused by Russian attacks in 2026, part of the Ukrainian print run of the book was destroyed, and the reprint process is still ongoing.
Tamara Duda is a Ukrainian writer and volunteer. She is a laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine (2022). She is the author of the novel "Dotsia" (2019), which was named BBC Book of the Year.