daniel hryhorchuk, professor emeritus of medicine at the university of illinois, who spent his whole life dealing with issues of epidemics and toxicology, discovered his talent for writing after retirement. over the past 10 years, he has written three novels, the second of which is myth and madness, describing the romantic story of ukrainian teenagers during the revolution of dignity. when hryhorchuk found out that his book was banned by the russians, he was filled with pride. i was certainly not surprised, because our book, because the book tells about the history of the maidan, and russia is trying to erase that history, because russia is a totalitarian state, as you know, i think the writer george said it best. as in his book 1984, this is a state where war is peace, slavery, freedom, lies, this is true , to tell the truth, i am even a little proud that they banned my book, i had a plus, because i believe there was truth in the book they wanted to ban. hryhorchuk was born in champaign, illinois. and lives in chicago, he spent his whole life among the local ukrainian community, is