UKRAYINS′KYY DETOKS: Opovidannya, ese

Nyzka opovidan′ ta ese, holovni heroyi yakych tisno pov’yazani z Odeschynoyu, zokrema iz samoyu Odesoyu y uzberezhzhyam Kuyal′nyts′koho lymanu. Pered namy postayut′ istoriyi, scho rozhortayut′sya v charakternomu pryrodnomu y kul′turnomu landshaftach, yaki duzhe vplyvayut′ na doli heroyiv, yichnye teperishnye ta maybutnye. Zastiyni chasy, u yakych zastryahla Odesa, zalyshky yiyi krasy, impers′ki ta radyans′ki zli pryvydy, scho nablyzhaly trahediyu velykoyi viyny Ukrayiny. Postiynyy poshuk i vtecha — z Krymu do Florentsiyi cherez CHerson, z Odesy do Starobil′s′ka, N′yu-Yorka chy Paryzha. Lyudyna rozhublena. SCHo yiy potribno, aby ruchatysya dali? YAk ziznatysya sobi v porazkach i pomylkach, schob podolaty strach i bil′? Naskil′ky bahatohrannoyu buvaye lyubov i nelyubov — do lyudyny, do mistsya, de ty narodyvsya? Opovidannya zlyvayut′sya v yedyne avtors′ke vyslovlyuvannya y utvoryuyut′ odvichnyy leytmotyv povernennya do sebe.