The House with the Stained Glass

Resumen del libro

Marianna, the beautiful star soprano at the Lviv opera, is shot dead in the street as she leads the Ukrainian citizens in their protest against Soviet power. Only eleven years old at the time, her daughter tells the story of their family before and after that critical moment - including, ten years later, her own passionate affair with an older, married man. Just like their home city of Lviv, which stands at the crossroads of nations and cultures, the women in this family have had turbulent lives, scarred by war and political turmoil, but also by their own inability to show each other their feelings.

Lyrically told, this is the story of a young girl's emotional, sexual, artistic and political awakening as she matures under the influence of her relatives, her mother's former lover, her city and its fortunes.Translated from the Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Biografía del autor

Zanna Sloniowska (Lviv, 1978) ha sido la primera escritora en recibir el Znak Publishers' Literary Prize. "Una vidriera en Leópolis" es el retrato de una ciudad cargada de pasado y de misterio, a través de un luminoso fresco familiar. La novela ha sido un auténtico fenómeno literario, celebrada por críticos y libreros, y cuenta con una larga lista de editores internacionales de prestigio.