Empusion

Osin′ 1913 roku. L′vivs′kyy student Mechyslav Voynych pryyizhdzhaye na silez′kyy kurort Gerbersdorf likuvatysya vid suchot. Ne mynaye i dnya vid yoho prybuttya, yak v Pansionati dlya cholovikiv, de vin oselyvsya, stayet′sya neschastya. I poky susidy Mechyslava vdayut′, scho nichoho ne vidbuvayet′sya, chodyat′ v hory, p’yut′ nalyvku y vedut′ intelektual′ni besidy pro svitoustriy i zhinok, nevydymi syly mayut′ svoyi spravy. Ol′ha Tokarchuk hrayet′sya z zhanrom zhachiv, ale zvertayet′sya do vzhe zvychnych dlya sebe tem: pryroda i tsyvilizatsiya, syla i slabkist′, choloviche i zhinoche. I do nepevnoho, skladnoho, tryvozhnoho prostoru pomizh dvoma protylezhnostyamy.