The House with the Stained-Glass Window
Meet four generations of women from the same turbulent family living under one roof in the tumult of 20th century Lviv, each trying to find their way through decades of upheaval in an ever-shifting city.
Great-Granma, tiny and fearsome, formed by a life of exile, hardship, and doomed love, is now battling to preserve her iron hold on her daughter, granddaughter, and great-lives. granddaughter's Then there's Aba, arthritic but dedicated; cowed and loathed by her mother, her one shot at happiness snuffed out, and her dreams of pursuing painting dashed. Third, Marianna, the magnificent opera star who is shot during a demonstration and whose life and martyrdom throw a shadow over the young life of the fourth and last woman, her daughter.
The character of Lviv (or Lwów, or Lvov, depending on the period in history) is even more essential than these four women. A city of marketplaces and monuments, streets and spires, where history and the present mix, civilizations collide, and stories emerge from every nook and cranny.
