Summary
Early on an April Saturday in 1986 in a farm village in Ukraine, widow Marusia Petrenko and her family awake to a day of traditional wedding preparations. Marusia bakes her famous wedding bread-a korovai-in the communal village oven to take to her neighbor’s granddaughter’s reception. Late that night, after all the dancing and drinking, Marusia’s son Yurko leaves for his shift at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl.
In the morning, the air has a strange metallic taste. The cat is odd…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781565122468 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1565122461 |
| Author: | Irene Zabytko |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 31 March 2000 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“Zabytko writes in an unornamented style, focusing on the creation of characters who are convincing as more than just stereotypes; they have lives that invite true pathos and admiration.”
Irene Zabytko
Irene Zabytko is a bilingual, first-generation Ukrainian American who grew up in the Ukrainian Village section of Chicago. She is the recipient of the PEN Syndicated Fiction Award and her work has been heard on NPR’s The Sound of Writing.
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