The dramatic kin saga hardly differently through Maria Matios, having gained the Ukrainian nationwide e-book of the yr Award 2007 and Grand Prix on the Ukrainian Coronation of the note Prize 2007, narrates the tale of numerous western Ukrainian households over the last many years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and expands upon the concept “it isn’t time that's vital, however the human situation in time.”

The relations of a prosperous farmer Kyrylo Cheviuk is affected by a tragedy. As time passes, no one dares to speak about it. His younger son Dmytryk´s physique were grinded by means of the neighborhood mill and the terrible lad spent his final days hardly ever respiring along with his bleeding chest packed with discomfort and ... his mystery love. The process the occasions to persist with unearths the harsh fact of his loss of life: “They jumped approximately on most sensible of terrible Dmytryk, as though they have been dancing a wild dance, preventing in basic terms when they heard that his bones now not cracked...” A homecoming battle veteran Ivan Varvarchuk beat Dmytryk to dying for seducing his younger spouse Petrunia. yet what did really occur and most significantly – why?

Several vitally interconnected storylines improve through the novel, all fatally converging at the Cheviuk’s kinfolk tragedy. portray a tortured photo of life’s harsh brutality within the quarter, Maria Matios positive aspects conventional themes of Ukrainian literature akin to soldiering, brothers’ litigation over land possession, betrayal and revenge. opposed to the vibrant backdrop of neighborhood traditions and highlanders’ rites she weaves her tale of affection, intertwined with a center wrenching human tragedy.

This title has been realised by a team of the following dedicated professionals:

Translated from the Ukrainian via Yuri Tkacz,

Cover paintings through Serhiy Ivanov,

Maxim Hodak - Максим Ходак (Publisher), 

Max Mendor - Макс Мендор (Director), 

Yana Kovalskaya.