The City

The edition includes the novel "The City" by Valerian Pidmohylny (1901–1937) — a classic of Ukrainian literature, a master of urban and psychological prose. The writer's works are distinguished by a unique artistic style, linguistic pattern, and bold images.

The main character of "The City" Stepan Radchenko is a dreamer with a warm heart and a baptized soul. A skeptic who knows well that to betray once means to betray forever. Ambitious and capable, he burns bridges for himself, striving to conquer the city - a world that is temporarily foreign to him, and which he desperately wants. A tireless experimenter, he falls in love and falls in love with women, exploring his own "I" and the limits of what is allowed. Will he manage not to lose himself in the kaleidoscope of days and whirlwind of events? Stepan tests the strength of the city, and it tests his strength. But will there be a winner in this confrontation?

An outrageous, ironic, and modern classic for those who want to know how the literature of the first third of the 20th century depicts the individual's challenge to the world and to himself.