Osin′ dlya anhela

YEvhen Pashkovs′kyy ye s′ohodni bezperechno odnym iz naysyl′nishych ukrayins′kych prozayikiv, scho mozhe zdatysya paradoksal′nym, adzhe mynulo vzhe mayzhe dvadtsyat′ rokiv, vidkoly vin vidiyshov vid chudozhn′oyi literatury v strohomu znachenni ts′oho slova, prysvyatyvshy sebe duchovnym spravam. Hlybyna poshukiv lyuds′koho, hidna Sartra z Kamyu, tyahuchist′ momentu i plynnist′ chudozhn′oho svitu, ne zhirsh yak u Folknera, hustyna movy, yakiy, mabut′, pozazdryv by y sam Dzheyms Dzhoys. Ale zarazom YEvhen Pashkovs′kyy duzhe tradytsiynyy pys′mennyk, zanurenyy u svit ukrayins′koho buttya, tozh pomityty tsi perehuky spershu ne tak prosto. Proza Pashkovs′koho ne z tych, yaki lehko piddayut′sya chytachevi. Yoho mova schil′na, nemov grunt pid nohamy yoho heroyiv, ale zarazom plynna y nestabil′na, vona zasmoktuye y pruchayet′sya vodnochas, nesuchy chytacha, niby nestrymna richka, neskinchennymy zavychrenymy labiryntamy vnutrishn′oho monolohu opovidacha y ne zalyshayuchy bezpechnoho mistsya, schob perevesty podych. Svit romaniv YEvhena Pashkovs′koho perevazhno siryy, z chyslennymy vkraplennyamy chornoty, prote vin ne bezprosvitnyy, tozh chytachi, yaki zumiyut′ prodertysya kriz′ tse huste, mistsyamy nayizhachene pys′mo, budut′ vynahorodzheni yakscho ne spasinnyamy, lyubov’yu ta rozradoyu, to prynaymni duzhe lyuds′koyu nadiyeyu na nych. Roman «Osin′ dlya anhela», yakym my rozpochynayemo nashu sprobu povernuty teksty YEvhena Pashkovs′koho suchasnomu chytachevi, ye pershoyu chastynoyu dylohiyi, scho zavershuyet′sya nayvidomishym tvorom avtora «SCHodennyy zhezl». V knyzhkovomu formati roman publikuyet′sya vpershe. TSya knyha takozh vidkryvaye nashu novu seriyu ukrayins′koyi chudozhn′oyi literatury, yaka, spodivayemosya, rehulyarno popovnyuvatymet′sya vazhlyvymy, maysternymy y neperesichnymy tekstamy.