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"And Suddenly It's Evening" is the story of the life of a priest's daughter, Lucy, who wants to be happy. She seeks salvation in love, but - perhaps for this very reason - she is mostly left to fend for herself. In addition, her life circumstances are not easy: like the rest of her compatriots, Lucy flounders in the viscous mire of an absurd, rigid system that affects the most intimate spheres of private life; she is caught in the millstones of ideology, which she nevertheless tries to use without undue doubt or reservation. She makes mistakes, expends a lot of effort, meets other people who are also struggling - with circumstances and with each other; in the end, the result is a ruined destiny, life, and country. The novel, set in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, is a grandiose, truly Tolstoyan panorama of the "vitae sovjeticae", 70 years of the history of the Soviet Empire, embodied in one woman's fate. This record of decline is a rare attempt in Western literature to fictionally comprehend the humanitarian tragedy caused by totalitarianism, but it is also a story of tireless spirit of struggle, courage and humour, love and friendship - a fascinating, witty, horrific, incredible story of Russian Mother Courage. It is a prime example of the great literature about the "little man", where, among the colourful imperial polyphony, the Ukrainian voice is heard for the first time - expressive and tragic.