Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Lucia’s Eyes
Lucia’s Eyes
Lucia’s Eyes
Ebook248 pages4 hours

Lucia’s Eyes

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The resistance of the human spirit in face of time, disloyalty, and oblivion is the theme of Marina Sonkina’s new collection of short stories. Her seemingly naïve and helpless protagonists inhabit disparate social stations, geographical locales and cultures; all are persons displaced in their own lives. But in their struggles for survival, they discover the redeeming and dangerous power of unconditional love – the only weapon available to them. Strange and incomprehensible to everyone, love makes its sudden appearance to an eight-year-old hunchbacked boy in the title story of Lucia’s Eyes. As he brings the gifts of his artistic imagination to Lucia, a refugee from the Spanish Civil War, the bleak and cruel reality of Stalin’s Russia dissolves into magic … In “Runic Alphabet” a Polish-Canadian painter plants a tree that brings to life memories of a woman long dead who remains the only true love of his life. In “Carmelita” an aging man from Winnipeg, vacationing in Mexico, falls in love with a young Mexican painter. In “Christmas Tango” a jobless drifter in snowy Montreal discovers tango, inadvertently transforming his own life and the lives of those who come in contact with him. In “Tractorina” a hard-working crane-operator, retired in post-Gorbachev Russia, is driven into a rose-tinted abyss by her stepson. In “Angels Ascending and Descending” a young girl is initiated into the mysterious symbolism of Russian Orthodox church architecture by a priestly man who hardly lives up to the spiritual heights he preaches. Full of unexpected turns and twists, sadness, joy and humour, these stories reflect life, itself always a surprise, and always a miracle.{Guernica}
LanguageEnglish
PublisherGuernica
Release dateJan 1, 2011
ISBN9781550715644
Lucia’s Eyes
Author

Marina Sonkina

Marina Sonkina was born in Moscow, Russia. She taught literature and linguistics at Moscow State University till she escaped - with two then small sons and two suitcases - the Soviet Union. It took her more than a decade to settle into English before she dared to brave its waters with pen in hand. She lived in Toronto and Montreal where she worked as a CBC producer and broadcaster, documentary film researcher and translator. She taught Humanities at Dawson and Vanier College in Montreal and now shares her time between teaching at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia as well as writing. She has published two collections of short stories and two children's books. Marina lives in Vancouver.

Related to Lucia’s Eyes

Related ebooks

General Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Lucia’s Eyes

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Lucia’s Eyes - Marina Sonkina

    1^book_preview_excerpt.html\˒Fv+{38(-C>1, 2Jf?l眛n C*y{_O|7?޽}z_߯?o^}xǻ^^WyËջo޾w8_o߼{Q{?/^}å/s޼~o?|+wﱌpӣwx߿xo}Sv;7ήzԝ.cWWwԺs ~}8ïK.~lq)|G0,T3Bj.A sϩr۰&el!jcG^~ϭ}7ox!>#>E]vjaԡ}=ڹJa7tz6y̭9T[,\Tu!4>}T#\)aUź c} |T%Zwߍ^Q˸s#-& am;b谫ajur-.QQK} X'DaRR&(۷0ܶ#4! \f8M6"s(:J}HnptFG~o iy{24S&i^[hWHW6N>Hd61VZeE$.n? \jNZ{VCLX×9 a#".5 i3|0-lHZ"Fa` FM%(}+68"9 Il#11G}Jmn2MMI,l,c;vU@ӜWŰdC"~&3jDCĩS̵8s 4sDc;cH"."R<ŕ# * 5n% ďy/p<nwly5pӊÕS&7_csOR0/v^ǮPUNxd ǯ +Jm@/sjӍﷲ ©c됲º4`b]hG>"fX>@MޒA;x Ֆ(q'Q!M332b!:ɟ +L!PTJgWBТ)6H_f_FT;X| Cž^9.~] X%Rio)(C;o7\"Q /z햹뗔qe{=@M3ruZw\>X lhY`R q b$uw6k^y&"<6Y4#9 j_{X /iMYiP''€`V+$O쎔b1FWp7]= N3gקNWv;"ba}[OBb.20> a;iOߔGj7 Ctg-,0*t1iߑuUT1`wOͥ7ܰ{ m'l 9%5GBq#A{}Qz.DCf̄[JyCzĩPҰ-e"po&S -Gs({mIyMCu`P񷥢lK(ޜIw#x ڰ-#Ջ7'>[,ts/pD ^^y-".~ תnW 0tX:щ@v-v~l&)0n7Nc';JgX+5RyT ɭCDjB¡$,h`< 4ukqL-F!GCNj( Qf1E \dПvJ %g+KJXZ|r5G t)5 )<%]v@7sػ;q),d^LvI> _WH\W*ѭ y][XV#(!I;B`{PB*ݜsXr CO P|OXM#ግM+YA^oCXJr?"Q"S\bFzRdӞsU'8m_J Uk+K/]fC`ioې;)=W M 'VRp"ցEL"h68&r̾-$ލ0Ɯ y\foE:%H 1U@)"g/g@ɉH#ٛ; ݾFde`59fs &1m_z7 Q{77vOaĥ2)T'ALow?-C{r;ut]4sjt _Q4FlcBIҞk.zEb0ob"ҙ0Miv=94 %.:5TV`2h,U`#$=HNad#*zxJ2ȭg+,KEq%eW.{Ta&A-Θanz'²C(D( 2_0׎L~,= ٌ*(#K3` wlK10VT#nLKʊ] Fo! C?OH?^N,4$I.L5n%mGFJ5d-J4 _R 2܇5Q;nbF1pz55:!&p>58s]څaWx1WwK9}?3;D؇LoxJyNtG<DjD‘`utTGJ1 ~l*&_ Ȧ]b1"±\Eዙ5#E>VyB=f %SљHRpɚ=1vkw?4F0R8mL IexPqk}$5e7Cܨq5nϏԅ6ȹ~.$6=kqsb %6cݨB@gTc`-=@d+ѱeл(:U-" ]UG>e;{7G #"{U[T5&Z8ƬD2jc\G:HdGbh5I̓^Zۖ"~l"ܙ+-;m[R6 k;5.;̿!N1vi/3Yo#It'm'Ea)83,о3yUW0b b.K7j0:C }rZ6- laIDI5v9_(vɽ *ILI$^.7]FTyU+ZPD-x:f\PU$fG>n?INP@ĭhiřUG̯ZPHg~ gZQmqm +H"+T! NI_L4g7^/ICo ( Jˉ3LXX*_Jb:ZelW:v?ӺMiyZ}a)vމD1=Uثew.I;sx6),J0@TjKEm@cfTղVDݕgFX>YQvg4HEWQWY03BbnN3ۛ8^эz׍u@|ɶb/:j bՋv9E?^bw<.BlL#=RA\LtGyB{m= &|(R? cƀ{ )3F~l{&V\F 腜58a$Btѯs)m@o 9H03D0:5hF=#[2b׶Ń⶟sB2naѪ-"d֥cvSg <k?V]"Dlc V2dcJ{P`^kk}i-TT>a5sH>3_DKOXZPRpQSmμX)u(˝ h[RNrʹ)T"Yg/BBP9B /KNJ6wّq&\dtrsIׂ9.N\Jbܺ;3>5E cA]d) $   U|cB4z\NR8t=l4UR[8TOaބf1rL+e"p ِ,CqfY+@᠛̺/AR$bTM((w$dQFd^ [kQ`@l\щfssc7*g8NӒ VYhչUJ]=x-Ay&:c{R!V爚+ƃD~՜޴"Kn8tk[)ByNA 2|h1٘ 4HdM7,RdFb9 N)y2JZRP7^:^R- ř+6g]gRT%[Z/1?゗ihמRu"ڡ3USJܾY'g;&JU~| YKh \4b7^7r?Ss:iC)sOOP zu.2!`ZѝhW;687ða5;c`\8u+;S%Qb;y!S;a1Z]˃7_`$Zcn/N8О=]_^/^#LY&7Yf7_x8eQPnlRpl~=wT#'#*qϭW>'wA2˞t1eUB|IjA67 t2ګG"j \l󍚏RQM6LQlG4cvuI e;䩗o-`ف\sDbɅȓBP-eNsva D5d(<|Ӕ[ki;Gͱ`ȏv9^Ԇ5Bvk~=t?uSPphX^f 7yW$Re-gsrbi^:y/4SMOȯHGiV48fSN[ݵа$*VT=,^aO̚" )4u g0p_[Z\VϽO \#~^u U ~ercަt4//jlqǕPߕ>9cװ,6֢¦en|:TW^1jś<\Ig9ђwO8Di`ӝ4MuqXd)oKlgY(p[M+.s䜏"km,pb%5i0 W9>Ǔ?5ƚⷆ\s&{7Sa#7w" ɐ*4;Vl>N]3BKۓ"t156 dI\J74_TGcQDhOzϯ~no2ۣGk+lݶXi9Mk𤁗2f}=+ʂ)Vkh((OxqD]"ϙ<'l,gDSmŃl 7?cbO W^ig}ķ6|'tc~ÊaxY| ǀZ8Ձ߷|AIPÚe>C8 ʹ=5ci7[5IѕֆPv!iS(iPN6 YXdb1]Ft5Tk_ʜo-dd1Y۬u~'#|C<!{%3Nj"ڡ'@ԤLX 0_l(K0oO5ի#ơb$][xw`G(qz0+6 OgԸ pxNL 1 bgo>D[rOL9`F:15F̼|.%ą|<'0RwOƵuڃ78RO/;esRsyf}iPyhH~)2ҜP`ReKO!# <>rclP22$꺖&5nl F__]68>~d^,Y#{\zVmli9R>v}t\>İEF,I 8H!9d}Z+6p0PuzOLLny2XKf [?!qix'KNCTsUˋy|Ѹ\ ִϡ9yƎHyzb=zW_KYq>:$4-?~b}\63QPTY,pzp7OI(r9 :!Fx|QŽƉK3a~[43`/Et::yI-րU
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1