Na marmurovych skelyach

«Na Marmurovych skelyach» – pershyy chudozhniy roman Ernsta YUngera, scho vyyshov drukom 1939 roku, nezadovho do pochatku Druhoyi svitovoyi viyny. U ts′omu tvori avtor u formi metaforychnoyi prytchi zmal′ovuye zitknennya dobra i zla, spokiynoho uporyadkovanoho svitu ta totalitaryzmu. Syuzhet tvoru rozhortayet′sya navkolo dvoch brativ, yaki zhyvut′ na Marmurovych skelyach, zaymayuchys′ botanikoyu, plekayuchy roslyny, chytayuchy, navchayuchys′, zastosovuyuchy zdobuti znannya dlya doslidzhennya tayemnyts′ pryrody, p’yuchy vyno, vtishayuchys′ plodamy svoyeyi pratsi ta tychym i myrnym zhyttyam. Odnak u sviti pid skelyamy pochynayut′ vorochobytysya temni syly, yaki zahrozhuyut′ samym osnovam yichn′oho zvychnoho sposobu isnuvannya. Na dovkolyshnich terenach zdobuvaye vladu starshyy lisnychyy, sprahlyy nasyl′stva, bayduzhyy do nauk, mystetstv, harmoniyi z pryrodoyu ta zvychnoho ladu zhyttya, tozh sylam dobra dovodyt′sya staty suproty zla, scho shyryt′sya svitom. U postati starshoho lisnychoho vbachayet′sya hitlerivs′kyy Tretiy Raych, ale vodnochas yoho zh mozhna traktuvaty i yak stalinizm, i yak komunizm, i yak bud′-yakyy inshyy totalitarnyy rezhym, vorozhyy vil′niy lyudyni. YUngerova alehoriya zalyshayet′sya pozachasovoyu i nadzvychayno aktual′noyu u nashomu s′ohodenni.