Maskarad /zi zrizom/

Olena Pchilka naspravdi Ol′ha Drahomanova-Kosach. Vona maty ne lyshe Lesi Ukrayinky, a sche p’yat′och ditey. Ba bil′she, vona sche y etnohrafka, redaktor ka, hromads′ka diyachka, vychovatel′ka, partnerka, a takozh druzhyna, svekrucha, tescha, babusya... Z ts′oho y pochynayet′sya yiyi maskarad. Zbirka «Maskarad» — tse tsila halereya personazhok, yaki shukayut′ sebe, navcha yut′sya, podorozhuyut′, pratsyuyut′, kochayut′, vychovuyut′ ditey. Abo mriyut′ vyyty zamizh, boyat′sya tilesnych stosunkiv, prymushuyut′ cholovika do nelyuboyi roboty zarady hroshey. Avtorka zavzhdy sered nych: vona yich lyubyt′, schvalyuye, spivchuvaye, znevazhaye. Pchilka lehko vzhyvayet′sya v rizni roli, zvuchyt′ riznymy holosamy. I pered vamy nelehke zavdannya — upiznavaty za maskamy chymernoho maskaradu, yakyy zvet′sya zhyttyam, samu avtorku. Piznavaty v heroyinyach i heroyach samych sebe.