{"product_id":"hardly-ever-otherwise-paperback","title":"Hardly Ever Otherwise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Matios\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYuri Tkacz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything eventually reaches its appointed place in time and space. \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Matios's\u003c\/strong\u003e dramatic family saga, \u003cstrong\u003eHardly Ever Otherwise\u003c\/strong\u003e, narrates the story of several western Ukrainian families during the last decades of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and expands upon the idea that \"it isn't time that is important, but the human condition in time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the first page, Matios engages her reader with an impeccable style, which she employs to create a rich tapestry of cause and effect, at times depicting a logic that is both bitter and enigmatic. But nothing is ever fully revealed - it is only in the final pages of the novel that the events in the beginning are understood as a necessary part of a larger whole, and the section entitled Seasickness presents a compelling argument for why events almost always have to follow a particular course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Matios's multi-tiered plot, the grand passions of ordinary people are illuminated under the caliginous light of an ethereal mysticism, and digressions on love, envy, transgression, and atonement are woven into the story. The reader is submerged into a rich world populated by a grand cast of characters and ideas, which Matios animates with her prolific imagination and subtle wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach character in this outstanding drama has an irrefutable alibi, a unique truth, and a private conflict with honor and duty. Her characters do not always act in accordance with logic and written-law, as the laws of honor clash with the laws of the heart. And this is why it is hardly ever otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42091600150663,"sku":"9789491425127","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6b58c65fcd16e7d898c3dc20f656205d.webp?v=1732293496","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/hardly-ever-otherwise-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}