For the first time in the last hundred years, Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko's prose is returning to readers as it was. With its own rhythm and a special Slobozhanskyi accent. Vengeful witches, the dead who bring about Easter, enchanted treasures, a cat litter - a witness against a murderer... A bright and mystical picture of life in the Ukrainian lands from Konotop to Kharkiv appears before us. The stories of Kvitka-Osnovianenko are also European plots transferred to the domestic soil, sermons, literary polemics, and language games. And they never write about it in textbooks.
About the author:
It is difficult to overestimate the genius of Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko - he is the founder of the genres of artistic prose and socio-comedy in Ukrainian literature. The writer played a major role in the development of our language, participated in the publication of the first Ukrainian magazine "Ukrainian Visnyk", and participated in the creation of a professional theater in Kharkiv. Subtle psychologism and knowledge of the human soul make his works close to the reader even today.
Why should you read it?
• The satirical-fantasy story "The Witch from Konotop" is a vivid impression of the experiences, thoughts, and way of life of people at the beginning of the 19th century. The writer skillfully and accurately conveys the characters of his colorful characters - so much so that they not only come to life in the imagination but also become archetypes for Ukrainian literature.
• Pick up this book if you are just starting to discover the prose of Kvitka-Osnovianenko. And also when you plan to delve more deeply into the peculiarities of the development of the Ukrainian word in its cradle and center of formation — in Slobozhanshchyna in the first decades of the last century. We guarantee that a trip on such a "time machine" is not only educational but also quite witty!
