Uzdovzh okeanu na roveri

Nova knyzhka eseyistyky Vasylya Machna — tse mandrivka v istoriyu, u mynuvshynu — u pam’yat′, u doshukuvannya svoho korinnya. Vona rozpochynayet′sya zi Steyten-Aylendu, nepodalik teperishn′oho mostu Verrazano, scho zavys nad protokoyu, yakoyu na pochatku CHCH st. proplyvaly korabli, dopravlyayuchy do Ameryky migrantiv z YEvropy. Mandrivka tryvaye ne lyshe v mezhach Bruklynu, Long-Aylendu chy maysteren′ suchasnych amerykans′kych chudozhnykiv, lektoriyiv i Metropolital′noho muzeyu. Vona shyryt′sya hayveyem na pozashlyachovyku, transatlantykoyu do YEvropy y dali azh do Indiyi. My valandayemo za Agnonom brukom Buchacha, zabridayemo do chortkivs′koho vodonoshi, potraplyayemo do Kryvoho Rohu i kvartyry Dracha u Kyyevi, u kvartaly Staroho mista v YErusalymi, do Italiyi, a zokrema, y do Venetsiyi, schopravda, n′yu-yorks′koyi — toyi, yaku zapodiyav urahan Sendi, zatopyvshy dovkolyshni ostrovy.