Dobra novyna. YEvreys′ki istoriyi

YEvreys′koyi temy Leopol′d fon Zacher-Mazoch (1836—1895) torkayet′sya v nyztsi svoyich tvoriv. Knyzhka mistyt′ lyshe chastynu opovidan′ pys′mennyka z yevreys′koho zhyttyesvitu. Vony lehko chytayut′sya, zdebil′shoho ye sentymental′nymy. Personazhi ts′oho bahato v chomu unikal′noho tsyklu, popry te, scho vony rozkydani mistechkamy riznych krayin: Izrayilyu, Uhorschyny, Turechchyny, Pol′schi, Italiyi toscho, demonstruyut′ ne lyshe hlyboku relihiynist′, a y spravzhnyu zhyttyevu mudrist′. Pys′mennyk zmal′ovuye pobut yevreyiv, zvychayi, relihiyni svyata. V opovidannyach, scho spovneni pikantnych kontrastiv, zhvavych dialohiv, teploho humoru, rozkryvayut′sya naykraschi yakosti syniv Izrayilyu: zhyttyelyubnist′, rozum, vynachidlyvist′, ironichnist′, myloserdya. Heroyi tsych tvoriv nikoly ne sumuyut′, a nehatyvnych personazhiv mayzhe nemaye. Vydannya proilyustrovane promovystymy malyunkamy ta hravyuramy myttsiv CHICH st.: frantsuz′kymy chudozhnykamy Emilem Levi, Al′fonsom Levi, Anri Levi, a takozh pol′s′ko-frantsuz′kym chudozhnykom ta ilyustratorom Edvardom Luyi ta in. Opovidannya, scho uviyshly do knyhy, vpershe perekladeno ukrayins′koyu movoyu. Pochatok ts′oho tsyklu opovidan′ u zbirtsi Leopol′da fon Zacher-Mazocha «Troyandova aleya. YEvreys′ki istoriyi», scho vyyshla drukom u seriyi «Zarubizhni avtors′ki zibrannya».