Trylohiya «Volyn′» Ulasa Samchuka (1905—1987) — chu­dozh­­niy litopys ukrayins′koyi istoriyi XX stolittya. U tsentri ro­manu-epopeyi — shyroka panorama selyans′koho zhyttya, po­bu­tu, tyazh­koyi pratsi, pokazana cherez istoriyu ukrayins′koho rodu Dov­ben­kiv. «Persha knyha moyeyi trylohiyi “Volyn′”, — pysav U. Samchuk, — maye nazvu “Kudy teche ta richka”. Richka doli, richka piznannya, richka zhyttya... Druha knyha maye nazvu “Viyna i revolyutsiya”, tobto borot′ba i stverdzhennya sebe na planeti, a tretya — tse “Bat′ko i syn”, inakshe prodovzhennya rodu lyuds′koho. A vse tse razom “Volyn′”, tobto zemlya predkiv, istoriya, mistse na planeti, lyubov sertsya, mistyka dushi i chastyna narodu, zahrozhena chuzhym zaharbnykom...»