Lebedyna zhraya. Zeleni mlyny

Vasyl′ Zemlyak pyshe na pershyy pohlyad pro znayomi realiyi: ukrayins′ke selo 1920— 1940-ch, revolyutsiya, ruynuvannya shlyachets′kych sadyb, pershi komuny, kolhospy, Druha svitova. Odnak use podano v yakiys′ het′ nezvychniy perspektyvi. Staren′kyy Vavylon na Pobuzhzhi, selyany, yaki vykopuyut′ pid hrusheyu kolektsiyu starovynnoyi zbroyi, mistsevyy filosof, yakyy chytaye Platona y rozpovidaye pro tavriv i skifiv, hoydalka, pobudovana ahentom z prodazhu shveynych mashynok «Zinger», schob vydaty don′ok zamizh, tsap Fabiyan, scho staye zadom do rozstril′noyi bryhady. Vse tse splitayet′sya u chymernyy roman na tli chortoryyu velykoyi istoriyi.