“Vichnyi Calendar” (The Eternal Calendar, in Ukrainian), by Vasyl Makhno. Lviv: Staryi Lev, 2019. ISBN-10: 617679725X.
Vasyl Makhno’s first novel, “The Eternal Calendar” (“Vichnyi Calendar”) illuminates different epochs and locations, and merges different genres. On a macro level, it is a family saga; on a micro level, it contains a number of stories within the stories and dramatized narratives. Spanning from the 1700s to our time, the Ukrainian-language novel follows family histories of a few generations, all coming from one area in western Ukraine, or eastern Galicia, with the village of Yazlivets and cities of Buchach and Chortkiv in focus.