Na ostrovi /zi zrizom/

Proza Mychayla Kotsyubyns′koho — tse yaskravi barvy y hostri dramatychni konflikty, a yoho zhyttya — tse siri budni, nudna robota i sluzhinnya suspil′stvu. CHay tam de vidbuvayut′sya podiyi yoho tvoriv — u CHernihovi, v Karpatach chy na italiys′ko mu Kapri, v tsentri uvahy pys′mennyka zavzhdy osobystist′. Yoho tsikavyt′ lyudyna- ostriv, yaka perezhyvaye dushevnu dramu, vidmezhovuyet′sya vid inshych, prahnuchy harmo niyi, i vodnochas shukaye sporidnenu dushu. TSe okremyy zahadkovyy vsesvit, do tayemnyts′ yakoho pys′mennyk proponuye dotorknutysya i, mozhlyvo, schos′ rozhadaty. Pro novelu «Na ostrovi» Kotsyubyns′kyy pysav u lysti, scho v niy musyt′ buty «trochy sontsya, morya, lyudey ta y mene». Tozh i v tsiy knyzhtsi ye sontse, more, lyudy i sam avtor.