Life, Up Close, in a Ukrainian Village – The New York Times

Life, Up Close, in a Ukrainian Village

Entranced by magical tales of her parents’ Ukrainian homeland, Lida Suchy traveled there almost 25 years ago to find a reality far removed from their stories. Nevertheless, it held a magic of its own for her.

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Growing up, Lida Suchy listened to her parents’ tales of the Ukrainian homeland, which they fled because of Soviet persecution during World War II. At night, her father, Zenon, told her bedtime stories about Baba Yaga, the Ukrainian witch, but also tales from his summers spent among the Hutsul culture, deep in the Carpathian Mountains of western Ukraine. There was even a touch of romance to her parents’ first moments in exile: Zenon met his wife-to-be, Irene, when he pulled her through the window of the last train leaving the station. Together, they watched the sunset.