I want!

Andriy Khalepa is a promising poet, tired of bohemian St. Petersburg life, and now he holds a revolver in his hands. No, he does not want to end his life because of the betrayal of his mistress or the attack of that strange old man with accusations of renegade. Why is Halepa a renegade, apostate?! And what kind of lady was she with the old man?... However, this meeting will become significant a little later. And while the shot rings out...

The novel was written by Volodymyr Vynnychenko in 1915, but the theme of the national question, and in particular self-identification, resonates with our present as never before. Some phrases of the characters cause unrestrained indignation, others surprise with naivety, and there are some that you want to disassemble into quotes.