Koleso roku pomalu kotyt′sya do novoho vytka istoriyi, nablyzha- yuchy usich nas do velykoho svyata oseni — Pokrovy Presvyatoyi Boho- rodytsi. TSe osoblyva data sche y tomu, scho Ukrayina vidznachaye Den′ svoho zachysnyka. Prahnennya lyudyny do vidchuttya zachyschenosti — yak zovnish- n′oyi, tak i dushevnoyi — vidbylosya y u zbirtsi, scho yiyi do svyata pidhotuva- ly dlya svoyich chytachiv talanovyti avtory z oboch berehiv mal′ovnychoho Zbrucha: Lora Pidhirna (m. Kam’yanets′-Podil′s′kyy), Erko Krasov- s′kyy (m. Ivano-Frankivs′k), Tetyana Hrab (smt YArmolyntsi), Oksana Zenenko (m. CHerson), YAroslava Matichyn (m. L′viv), Ol′ha Salipa (m. CHmel′nyts′kyy), Oksana Pochaps′ka (m. Kam’yanets′-Podil′s′kyy) ta Ol′ha Derkachova (m. Ivano-Frankivs′k). Ti, chto znayomyy iz poperednimy zbirkamy do Rizdva i Velykodnya, vzhe mayut′ uyavlennya, choho chekaty vid knyzhky: riznych lyuds′kych dol′ i pochuttiv, deschytsi mistyky, schemu pislya prochytannya i, zvisno, nepere- mozhnoyi bezkrayn′oyi lyubovi — do zhyttya, do blyz′kych, do ridnoyi zemli ta istoriyi. A osinniy Stravopys tradytsiyno podaruye pryyemnyy pislya- smak i natchnennya. YAkscho zh tsya zbirka potrapyt′ do ruk chytacha pershoyu, to tak samo stane chudovym vidpravnym punktom u literaturniy podoro- zhi Nadzbruchchyam, kudy z kozhnoyu istoriyeyu chochet′sya povertatysya znovu i znovu.