Marina Perezagua on the Sound of a City at War: Kyiv in Summer

In a new series by elDiario.es, four writers explore what happens in cities during August. Marina Perezagua, author of 'Luna Park' and 'Don Quijote de Manhattan (Testamento yankee)', spends these months in Kyiv and writes about the sound of a city at war, also in summer. The article begins with a reflection on the typical promise of summer in a city: that time will demand less of us than the rest of the year. Terraces fill with the cool of later hours, windows stay open all night, and someone decides in a café that today is a good day to do nothing—when just a week ago they barely had time to wake up, pay, and get to work. But there are cities where summer is the same as the rest of the seasons, like Kyiv. Here, summer does not suspend reality: it illuminates it. The light reaches damaged facades and parks full of holes. The piece is part of a series titled 'Un verano en Moscardó' by Sergio Galarza, and is published in Madrid. The article is published in the culture section of elDiario.es.