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Book SynopsisThe acclaimed story of a young girl's awakening - set in the the evocative, beautiful Ukrainian/Polish city of LvivTrade ReviewThe House with the Stained-Glass Window is
remarkable, a
gripping, Lvivian evocation of a city and a family across a long and painful century, at once personal and political,
a novel of life and survival across the ages * Philippe Sands *
Zanna Sloniowska writes beautifully; with empathy, sensitivity, and with real political impact. As a Ukrainian from the multicultural city of Lviv, she provides
an important new voice in Polish literature. -- Olga Tokarczuk
Few novels will engage the heart and mind as cohesively as this
emphatic performance that triumphs through its depiction of the human stories overshadowed by history. * Financial Times. *
Sloniowska writes subtly and beautifully - every phrase conjures up images, casting colourful lights just like the stained-glass window of the title.
This story could only have happened in Ukraine. And then again it could have happened anywhere, because the blood on the blue-and-yellow flag is just the beginning of
an intimate tale about four generations of women. * Zwierciadlo. *
Sloniowska is
a fascinating story-teller who also gives insight into the reality of life in Ukraine.
This is an astonishing literary discovery. * Polityka. *
A city of women's mysteries, and History, which the author constantly re-interprets.
Zanna Sloniowska surprises and seduces. * Krytycznym Okiem. *
This novel was written as
a challenge to crushing, cruel history; it arose from
a desire to give a voice to the individual experiences of women. But at a certain point it turns in a direction contrary to its original ambitions, and the counter-history disappears in the fog of exploding smoke grenades. * Gazeta Wyborcza. *
A moving, incisive saga about women entangled by historical events. * Newsweek Polska. *
