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Andriy Kurkov — zhurnalist, pys′mennyk, stsenaryst (za yoho stsenariyamy znyato ponad 20 dokumental′nych ta chudozhnich fil′miv), avtor bil′sh yak 20 knyh. Yoho tvory perekladeno 42 movamy svitu, zokrema anhliys′koyu, nimets′koyu, frantsuz′koyu, ispans′koyu, hollands′koyu, turets′koyu ta bahato inshych.
Knyzhky Kurkova potrapyly do top-desyatky yevropeys′kych bestseleriv. Roman «Siri bdzholy» vidznacheno prestyzhnoyu literaturnoyu nahorodoyu — Natsional′noyu premiyeyu Medichi (Frantsiya) za naykraschyy zakordonnyy tvir.
...U seli Mala Starohradivka, yake znachodyt′sya v tak zvaniy siriy zoni, zalyshylysya zhyty lyshe dvoye — pensioner soroka dev’yaty rokiv Serhiy Serhiyovych i yoho kolyshniy odnoklasnyk Pashka. I vony, mayuchy absolyutno protylezhni pohlyady na zhyttya, zmusheni myrytysya, chocha do odnoho zachodyat′ v hosti ukrayins′ki viys′kovi, a do inshoho — separatysty. Holovna turbota Serhiyovycha — yak i kudy z nastannyam vesny vidvezty podali vid viyny svoyich bdzhil — vsi shist′ vulykiv. Vidvezty tudy, de ne strilyayut′, schob zhodom u medu ne bulo prysmaku viyny.