Zemlya rodu

Kozhen klaptyk zemli, kozhen urozhay u rozkydanomu pomizh pahorbiv seli u fins′kiy istorychniy provintsiyi Esterbotten — vidvoyovanyy u stychiy i zaroblenyy vazhkoyu pratseyu. Mistsevi meshkantsi vrosli u tsey kray, neviddil′no pov’yazani z pryrodoyu, yichnye schodenne zhyttya spovnene zabobonamy i viruvannyamy. Mistychnyy lis i mochary nadiyno chovayut′ stezhky lisovych duchiv i berezhut′ lyuds′ki tayemnytsi. Vprodovzh chotyr′och stolit′ chutir Nevabakka perezhyvaye viyny, holod ta epidemiyi. Osvita i novi technolohiyi mayzhe ne zminyuyut′ zvychnoho plynu rechey na chutori. Vkorineni u tsiy mistsyni lyudy pokolinnya za pokolinnyam prahnut′ opanuvaty dykoyu pryrodoyu, cherpayut′ u niy sylu i znachodyat′ prytulok. De by ne opynyalysya nevabaktsi, yich zavzhdy nepereborno tyahnutyme syudy, u tsentr yichn′oho vsesvitu, bo tsya zemlya rodu — vichna.