Once upon a time, there was an old man and an old woman

The novel "Once upon a time, there was an old man and an old woman", in the exact words of Maia Kucherskaya, is a narrative about the fate of a family of Old Believers, abandoned in the early last century... in the Baltic region, who settled there, survived wars by the blue sea, devastation, losses, and nonetheless endured, saved by their own loyalty to the simplest yet most important values. This story captures the reader from the first page and does not let go until the end of the novel. Vivid, sometimes comical, sometimes tragic characters, a 'tasty' dialect, amusing and precise 'family words', touching love, and great Russian patience - all of this immediately touches the soul.