A long time ago in Chisinau, three girls in strict gymnasium dresses and hats were friends: Lyuba, Shulya and Nyulya. Then they grew up and survived two world wars and Stalinist repressions along with the century, and with their families — moving and long separations …
A long time ago in Chisinau, three girls in strict gymnasium dresses and hats were friends: Lyuba, Shulya and Nyulya. Then they grew up and survived two world wars and Stalinist repressions together with their families, moving and long separations with their families … Elena Minkina-Taicher, a Muscovite living in Israel, sews together a patchwork panorama of the history of Russia of the twentieth century from disparate chapters, shifting the accents from catastrophes to the world of grandmothers in lace and shawls, restless adults and respectful schoolchildren who communicate with each other with quotes from Pushkin. In the continuity of generational and friendly ties, the heroines find a foothold, protection from the rumble of time.
Time, 352 s.