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Stefa promised Dr. Anger on his deathbed to stay with his selfish daughter Adelja and her husband, the sculpture Petro. Things become a new twist when Stefa’s former student, now turned Orthodox priest Josyf appears - once infatuated with Stefa, but now married - and Adelja adopts a foundling of unknown origin.
— Oct 05, 2025 05:41AM
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The narrator, Stefanija Tschornenko, is an orphaned Ukrainian maid in the household of Dr. Anger, whose grandfather immigrated to Western Ukraine, when it belong to the Austrian monarchy. She is the friend and servant of Adelja, Dr. Anger's only child, who lost her mother in the same fire that killed Stefa's parents. The two women form a triangle with Adelja's husband Petro, a stonemaison.
— Sep 19, 2025 10:01AM
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The Ukrainian city Ivano-Frankivsk belonged to Poland before WWII with a different name - or rather several: Stanisławów (polnisch), Станиславів (Ukrainian), Stanislau (German) and סטאַניסלאַוו (Yiddish). This is the setting of this novel.
— Sep 14, 2025 11:12AM
