Description
Kapka Kassabova povertayet′sya do Bolhariyi, z yakoyi emihruvala 25 rokiv tomu, schob doslidyty kordon, yakyy yiyi krayina podilyaye z Turechchynoyu ta Hretsiyeyu. Koly avtorka bula dytynoyu, tsya prykordonna zona azh kyshila soldatamy ta shpyhunamy – vvazhalosya, scho na shlyachu do Zachodu yiyi podolaty lehshe, nizh Berlins′kyy mur. Pys′mennytsya zhaduye, yak vidpochyvala z bat′kamy na bolhars′kiy «CHervoniy Ryv’yeri» ta hralasya na plyazhi lyshe za kil′ka myl′ vid elektryfikovanoyi ohorozhi, vistrya yakoyi bulo spryamovano vseredynu y chitko vkazuvalo na spravzhn′oho voroha: hromadyan totalitarnoho rezhymu. Avtorka doslidzhuye mistsevist′ mizh kordonamy, sformovanu poslidovnymy sylamy istoriyi: Radyans′koyu ta Osmans′koyu imperiyamy, a sche ranishe – mifamy y lehendamy. Na svoyemu shlyachu vona zustrichaye meshkantsiv napivporozhnich sil, kontrabandystiv, shukachiv skarbiv, botanikiv i prykordonnykiv, vysnazhenych cholovikiv i zhinok, yaki proyshly do Bolhariyi cherez Turechchynu z Syriyi ta Iraku. Vona fiksuye istoriyi zhyvych i mertvych ta pomichaye, yak tsya mistsevist′ zatyahuye i yiyi.
