Klavka

Résumé :

The action of Maryna Hrymych's novel "Klavka" takes place in the Writers' Union of Ukraine and in the Kyiv Writers' House ROLIT in 1947, when the infamous Plenum took place, known in history for the destruction of Ukrainian literature, in particular, the lynching of Yuriy Yanovskyi and Maksym Rylskyi. But few people know that the massacre of these two classics was not limited to: Ukrainian writers ù penmates, housemates ù preyed on each other, taking advantage of their ambitions. The participants of the events got out of the difficult ethical situation in different ways ù some with their heads held high and a smile on their lips, and some in shame and remorse until death. Klavka, the secretary of the Union of Writers, knows everything about writers, and dramatic events happening before her eyes. At the same time, drastic changes take place in her rather monotonous life as an old maid: she finds herself in the center of a love triangle ù between a responsible employee of the Central Committee of the CP(b)U and a young writer who had just returned from the front.