"Ivan and Phoebe chronicles the lives of several young people involved in the Ukranian student protests of the 1990s--otherwise known as the Revolution on Granite or the First Maidan--and investigates the difficulties and absurdities of a society swiftly shifting from subjugation to revolution to post-Soviet rule. Married couple Ivan and Phoebe grapple with questions about family, tragedy, and independence. Although Ivan tells the story, Phoebe's...