Lyudyna bizhyt′ nad prirvoyu

Ivan Bahryanyy (1906—1963; spravzhnye prizvysche — Lozov’yahin) — ukrayins′kyy pys′mennyk, yakyy zaznav zhorstokosti stalins′kych represiy. Myttsya bulo uv’yazneno, zaslano do Dalekoho Schodu, potim bula emihratsiya. Lyshe pislya svoyeyi smerti vin buv reabilitovanyy, stav laureatom SHevchenkivs′koyi premiyi 1992 roku, i yoho knyhy pochaly perevydavaty v Ukrayini. Maksym Kolot, holovnyy heroy romanu «Lyudyna bizhyt′ nad prirvoyu», u voyennyy 1943 rik opynyayet′sya mizh dvoma armiyamy — fashysts′koyu i radyans′koyu, mizh zhyttyam i smertyu. Vin perezhyvaye duzhe riznomanitni dushevni stany: vid vseochoplyuyuchoyi apatiyi do nestrymnoho bazhannya zhyty… zhyty ne chomu, a vsuperech us′omu. Avtor pokazuye, na scho zdatna lyudyna, koly yiy vtrachaty vzhe nichoho, ale ye meta tsinoyu v zhyttya — tse borotysya proty svitu nasyl′stva.