![]() ![]() “I had tried to teach her,” Rosa says of her maternal style, “that nobody should be able to see when you were scared. ![]() ![]() Just when you begin to tire of their cruelty, indifference and narcissism, Bronsky feeds you a little tidbit from their past (Rosa was orphaned in World War II) or exposes their vulnerability. To the rest of the world, Aminat is a terror, a spoiled brat, a snotty-nosed urchin.īronsky’s plots consist of a series of obstacles - everyday living is a test of her characters’ survival skills. The baby, Aminat, is the love of Rosa’s life, the beautiful daughter she never had, her way out of Russia, her hope for the future. No one measures up in Rosa’s estimation, until Sulfia’s extra large stomach turns out to be an unwanted, unexpected pregnancy. And you can’t stop laughing when her transparent schemes for her family’s survival backfire. “I only hoped that her simplemindedness,” she says of her daughter, “might prove attractive enough to some man that he wouldn’t notice her awful legs until the two of them were already standing in front of a justice of the peace.” It’s possible you’ve never met anyone as self-centered and manipulative as Rosa. Rosa is not above using her considerable charms (she’s quite proud of her good looks) to get what she needs for her family, but she cannot believe how pathetic, passive and helpless they are. Poor Sulfia, 17, lives with Rosa and her father, Kalganow, in a communal apartment somewhere in Russia. Meet Rosa, Tartar matriarch and Mommy Dearest. ![]()
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