Matrygan

Fleeing the great war that Russia unleashed against Ukraine, Melania from Kiev finds herself in Germany with her teenage son. In her youth, the tragedy of Ukrainian history discouraged Melania, so she was in no hurry to delve even into the recent past of the Hutsul region, where her mother came from and where her beloved grandmother's poetic gift blossomed. However, now, far from home, the woman accidentally stumbles upon a clue that forces her to uncover the mysterious details of the lives of previous generations of her family, because eighty years ago, Germany was already a place where millions of young Ukrainians found themselves against their will...

This is a novel about memory, about the ability to understand each other without words, about the magic of colors and plants. And about love that never ends.