Sweet Darusya

"Sweet Darusya" is a profound and poignant novel about how grand history intrudes into the lives of ordinary people. Against the backdrop of changing regimes, war, and Soviet repressions, the tragedy of a Ukrainian family unfolds, their destinies crushed in the millstones of the 20th century. This is a book about silence, pain, guilt, and memory, passed down from generation to generation.

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"Sweet Darusya" by Maria Matios is a tragic and masterfully written family saga, set in the 1930s-1970s in Bukovina against the backdrop of changing regimes and national borders during the dramatic times of war and Soviet repressions. It is a story about the millstones of history that grind the destinies of two generations of a Ukrainian family. The book was included in the list of the hundred best works of Ukrainian literature according to the Ukrainian PEN Club.